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NY S06746
Bill
Status
12/28/2018
Primary Sponsor
Pamela Helming
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AI Summary
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Amends Vehicle and Traffic Law to require farm machinery, implements of husbandry, and road construction/maintenance machinery designed to operate between 25-40 mph to display both a slow-moving vehicle emblem and a speed identification symbol.
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Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to adopt standards conforming to American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers recommendations for design, creation, and use of speed identification symbols meeting American National Standards Institute/American Society for Testing and Materials S584 criteria.
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Machinery designed to operate at 25 mph or less must continue displaying only the slow-moving vehicle emblem; speed identification symbols shall indicate the maximum speed in miles per hour at which the machinery is designed to operate.
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When an agricultural tractor operating at speeds between 25-40 mph tows farm machinery, the towed equipment must display a matching speed identification symbol as displayed on the tractor.
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Requires operators of agricultural tractors designed to operate at speeds between 25-40 mph to possess manufacturer documentation indicating the maximum designed speed; takes effect 180 days after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Provides that farm machinery, implements of husbandry and other machinery including road construction and maintenance machinery which are designed to operate at a speed greater than twenty-five mph but less than forty mph shall display a slow-moving vehicle emblem as well as a speed identification symbol.
Last Action
SIGNED CHAP.478
12/28/2018