New York S 7164: Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands for ice fishing

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S07164 Summary:

BILL NOS07164A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07886-A

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2403, V & T L

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Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands where ice fishing is permitted by the department of environmental conservation when conditions are reasonably safe for the operation of ATV's.

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BILL NOS07164A

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04/03/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/27/20251ST REPORT CAL.1319

05/28/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/29/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1267

05/20/2026AMENDED (T) 7164A

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7164--A
 Cal. No. 1267

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to
 first report, amended on first report, ordered to a second report and
 ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
 certain persons to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands for ice
 fishing

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 2403 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
 3 2-a. Public lands permitting ice fishing. (a) During times when ice
 4 conditions are reasonably safe for the operation of ATVs, as determined
 5 by guidelines provided by the department of environmental conservation,
 6 and only on lands where snowmobile use is permitted by the department of
 7 environmental conservation, including wildlife management areas, state
 8 forests, forest preserves, and state parks, a person may operate an ATV
 9 to enter and exit such lands when such person is sixty-five years of age
 10 or older or such person is severely disabled. Such persons may utilize
 11 an ATV as the operator or passenger and shall restrict such usage to
 12 traveling to and from ice fishing locations.
 13 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, "severely disabled" shall
 14 mean any person having any one or more of the following impairments,
 15 disabilities or conditions which are permanent in nature and have been
 16 certified by a physician:
 17 (i) limited or no use of one or both lower limbs;
 18 (ii) neuro-muscular dysfunction which severely limits mobility;
 19 (iii) a physical or mental impairment or condition other than those
 20 specified in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph, but which is

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11283-04-6

 S. 7164--A 2

 1 of such nature as to impose unusual hardship in accessing ice fishing
 2 locations and such impairment or condition is certified by a physician,
 3 physician assistant or nurse practitioner, to the extent authorized by
 4 law and consistent with subdivision three of section six thousand nine
 5 hundred two of the education law, duly licensed to practice in this
 6 state, or a podiatrist duly licensed to practice podiatry in this state
 7 or an optometrist duly licensed to practice optometry in this state, as
 8 constituting an equal degree of disability (specifying the particular
 9 condition) so as to prevent such person from getting around without
 10 great difficulty in accordance with subdivision two of this section;
 11 (iv) blindness.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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