S 1803: Requires that all terrain vehicles only be filled with gas when on a tow or trailer; requires gas stations to post signs indicating to customers that an ATV needs to be on a tow or trailer before filling it with gas.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1803 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 requiring that all terrain vehicles only be filled with gas when on a tow or trailer The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2404 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows: 3 4-a. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, "retail gas station" means 4 a filling station where motor fuel or diesel motor fuel is stored prima- 5 rily for sale by delivery directly into the ordinary fuel tank connected 6 with the engine of a motor vehicle to be consumed in the operation of 7 such motor vehicle. 8 (b) It shall be prohibited for an individual to fill an all terrain 9 vehicle with motor fuel at a retail gas station unless such all terrain 10 vehicle is being towed or trailed by another motor vehicle. 11 (c) Every retail gas station shall post a sign in a clear and conspic- 12 uous manner indicating to customers that any all terrain vehicle must be 13 on a tow or trailer when being filled with gas. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 15 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05236-01-5