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A04574 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4574
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 3, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. MAGEE, BARCLAY, GUNTHER, BLANKENBUSH, JENNE --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. OAKS -- read once and referred  to  the
          Committee on Transportation
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the regis-
          tration of snowmobiles used solely for the purpose of hunting, fishing
          and trapping; and providing for the repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
          expiration thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     3    2-a.  The  commissioner  is  authorized  to register a snowmobile as a
     4  non-trail snowmobile which shall be used solely for the purpose of gain-
     5  ing access to hunting, fishing and trapping areas, without  the  use  of
     6  any office of parks, recreation and historic preservation approved snow-
     7  mobile  trails maintained by a trail maintenance entity.  Such registra-
     8  tion shall be comprised of a blaze orange background with black  letter-
     9  ing.  The  fee  for  the  registration  of  a  snowmobile as a non-trail
    10  snowmobile and each renewal thereof shall be forty-five  dollars,  thir-
    11  ty-five  dollars  of  which shall be deposited into the snowmobile trail
    12  development and maintenance fund set  forth  in  section  21.07  of  the
    13  parks, recreation and historic preservation law.
    14    §  2. Section 2230 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
    15  a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    16    3. Any person who violates the  provisions  of  subdivision  two-a  of
    17  section twenty-two hundred twenty-two of this article shall be guilty of
    18  a  violation  punishable  by  a  fine  of  two  hundred dollars for each
    19  offense, of which one hundred dollars of such fine shall be deposited in
    20  the snowmobile trail development  and  maintenance  fund  set  forth  in
    21  section 21.07 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law. In
    22  addition  to  such fine, any second or subsequent offense within a three
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08772-01-7
        A. 4574                             2
 
     1  year period shall result in the suspension of all licenses set forth  in
     2  section  11-0701  of  the  environmental  conservation  law held by such
     3  person for a period of one year.
     4    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
     5  deemed repealed three years after such date.