N.Y. VAT Law § 1270
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Effect of regulations
Official statutory text
§ 1270. Effect of regulations. 1. The parent of any child and the\nguardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such\nchild or ward to violate any of the provisions of this article.\n 2. These regulations applicable to electric personal assistive\nmobility devices shall apply whenever an electric personal assistive\nmobility device, pursuant to section twelve hundred seventy-one of this\narticle, is operated upon any highway, upon private roads open to public\nmotor vehicle traffic, upon any designated bicycle or in-line skate\nlane. Additionally, if the governing body of any county not wholly\nincluded within a city, city with a population of less than one million,\ntown or village which authorizes the use of electric personal assistive\nmobility devices upon any place not specifically authorized by this\narticle, such as sidewalks these regulations shall be applicable\nthereon.\n
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