Prohibits the operation of a scooter by a person less than eight years of age without the supervision of a parent or guardian and without such person wearing a helmet.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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67
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 7, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the opera-
tion of scooters
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5-b of section 1238 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as added by chapter 402 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 5-b. (a) No person less than eight years of age shall ride upon,
5 propel or otherwise operate a two-wheeled vehicle commonly called a
6 scooter under any circumstances unless supervised by a parent or guardi-
7 an and unless such person is wearing a helmet meeting standards estab-
8 lished by the commissioner.
9 (b) No person, eight or more years of age and less than fourteen years
10 of age shall ride upon, propel or otherwise operate a two-wheeled vehi-
11 cle commonly called a scooter unless such person is wearing a helmet
12 meeting standards established by the commissioner. As used in this
13 subdivision, wearing a helmet means having a properly fitting helmet
14 fixed securely on the head of such wearer with the helmet straps secure-
15 ly fastened.
16 (c) For purposes of this subdivision, scooter means a non-motorized
17 device consisting of two or more wheels affixed to a platform or foot
18 board upon which a rider stands and has a handle or other mechanism for
19 holding or guiding the device.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
21 the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01943-01-9
