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A1401Assembly2019-2020 Session

Allow Disabled ATV Use

Official title

“Provides that certified handicapped individuals may use ATVs on public land for transportation purposes only, during the hunting season”

Sponsor Clifford CrouchAD-122Affects Transportation
Status
In Assembly Committee
Transportation
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Transportation

What's happening

This bill allows certified handicapped individuals to use all-terrain vehicles on public lands for hunting and access purposes.

Why it matters

  1. Improves access to outdoor recreation for people with disabilities. By allowing certified handicapped individuals to use ATVs on public lands, the bill helps remove barriers that often limit their ability to hunt or enjoy these areas.

  2. Promotes inclusivity and equal opportunity. The amendment recognizes the unique mobility challenges faced by handicapped individuals and ensures they are not unfairly excluded from activities available to others.

  3. Establishes clear legal protections for ATV use by the disabled. The bill creates a specific exemption for certified handicapped individuals, reducing the risk of legal penalties for using ATVs to access public lands for hunting or entry/exit purposes.

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Allow Disabled ATV Use

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Clifford Crouch

Assembly Member · Assembly District 122

History

  1. Referred to transportation
  2. Held for consideration in transportation
  3. Referred to transportation

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

1401

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 15, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, FINCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to use of all terrain vehicles by certified handicapped individuals on public property

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

Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2403 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 402 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:

2. Public lands other than highways. No person, except persons that are certified handicapped individuals, shall operate an ATV on any public lands, waters and property other than a highway, except that an ATV may be operated on any such lands which have been designated and posted for travel by ATVs in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-four hundred five of this article. Persons certified as handicapped individuals may utilize an ATV to enter and exit public lands for the purpose of hunting, whereby such individual may be the operator or a passenger of such vehicle.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD03042-01-9

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