STATE OF NEW YORK
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2163--B
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again
reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the parks, recreation
and historic preservation law, in relation to vintage snowmobile
registrations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4-a of section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by section 1 of part MM of chapter 58 of the laws of
3 2023, is amended to read as follows:
4 4-a. Additional fee. (a) In addition to the other fees provided for in
5 paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision four of this section the
6 commissioner shall, upon application in such cases for the registration
7 of a snowmobile or the renewal thereof, collect the annual one hundred
8 twenty-five dollar fee for residents and one hundred twenty-five dollar
9 fee for nonresidents or a fifty-five dollar fee for residents and
10 fifty-five dollar fee for nonresidents who provide proof, at the time of
11 registration, that such individual is a member of an organized New York
12 state snowmobile club that is a member of the New York state snowmobile
13 association or is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile
14 club that is a trail maintenance entity and a member of the New York
15 state snowmobile association which are imposed by section 21.07 of the
16 parks, recreation and historic preservation law. In the event that an
17 individual seeking snowmobile club membership is unable, for any reason,
18 to secure such club membership, [he or she] they may contact the New
19 York state snowmobile association, who shall secure such membership for
20 such person. This fee shall also be collected from dealers at the time
21 of original registration and at the time of each renewal. [The commis-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 sioner shall effectuate regulations regarding what is required as proof
2 of membership in an organized New York state snowmobile club that is a
3 trail maintenance entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile
4 association for the purposes of this subdivision.]
5 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
6 sion, in addition to the other fees provided for in paragraphs (a), (b),
7 (c) and (f) of subdivision four of this section, the commissioner shall,
8 upon application in such cases for the registration of a snowmobile
9 manufactured more than thirty years prior to the current calendar year
10 or the renewal thereof, collect the annual one hundred twenty-five
11 dollar fee for residents and one hundred twenty-five dollar fee for
12 nonresidents or a twenty dollar fee for residents and twenty dollar fee
13 for nonresidents who provide proof, at the time of registration, that
14 such individual is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile
15 club that is a member of the New York state snowmobile association or is
16 a member of an organized New York state snowmobile club that is a trail
17 maintenance entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile associ-
18 ation which are imposed by section 21.07 of the parks, recreation and
19 historic preservation law. In the event that an individual seeking
20 snowmobile club membership is unable, for any reason, to secure such
21 club membership, such person may contact the New York state snowmobile
22 association, who shall secure such membership for such person.
23 (c) The commissioner shall effectuate regulations regarding what is
24 required as proof of membership in an organized New York state snowmo-
25 bile club that is a trail maintenance entity and a member of the New
26 York state snowmobile association for the purposes of this subdivision.
27 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic law is
28 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
29 (f) A fee of five dollars for each individual resident and non-resi-
30 dent registration of a snowmobile manufactured more than thirty years
31 prior to the current calendar year.
32 § 3. Subdivision 8 of section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
33 added by chapter 839 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows:
34 8. The validating date tag. At the time of the original registration
35 and at the time of each annual renewal thereof, the commissioner shall
36 also issue to said registrant a date tag or tags indicating the validity
37 of the current registration and the expiration date thereof, which vali-
38 dating date tag or tags should be affixed to the snowmobile in such
39 manner as the commissioner may prescribe. Notwithstanding the fact that
40 a snowmobile has been assigned an identifying number, it shall not be
41 considered as validly registered within the meaning of this section
42 unless a validating date tag and current registration certificate have
43 been issued. The commissioner may develop a vintage design for the date
44 tag or tags issued to a snowmobile manufactured more than thirty years
45 prior to the current calendar year.
46 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 21.07 of the parks, recreation and
47 historic preservation law, as amended by section 2 of part MM of chapter
48 58 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
49 2. (a) Notwithstanding the fee as established in subdivision one of
50 this section, an individual resident or nonresident registering a snow-
51 mobile who provides proof at the time of registration, that such indi-
52 vidual is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile club that
53 is a member of the New York state snowmobile association or is a member
54 of an organized New York state snowmobile club that is a trail mainte-
55 nance entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile association,
56 shall pay fifty-five dollars for each snowmobile for the snowmobile
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1 trail development and maintenance fund in addition to the registration
2 required by the vehicle and traffic law. In the event that an individual
3 seeking snowmobile club membership is unable, for any reason, to secure
4 such club membership, [he or she] such person may contact the New York
5 state snowmobile association, who shall secure such membership for such
6 person.
7 (b) Notwithstanding the fee as established in subdivision one of this
8 section and paragraph (a) of this subdivision, a fee of one hundred
9 twenty-five dollars is hereby imposed upon the resident, and one hundred
10 twenty-five dollars upon the nonresident, owner of a snowmobile manufac-
11 tured more than thirty years prior to the current calendar year for the
12 snowmobile trail development and maintenance fund to be paid to the
13 commissioner of motor vehicles upon the registration thereof in addition
14 to the registration fee required by the vehicle and traffic law, the
15 payment of which fee hereby imposed shall be a condition precedent to
16 such individual resident or individual nonresident registration.
17 Provided, however, an individual resident or nonresident registering a
18 snowmobile manufactured more than thirty years prior to the current
19 calendar year who provides proof, at the time of registration, that such
20 individual is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile club
21 that is a member of the New York state snowmobile association or is a
22 member of an organized New York state snowmobile club that is a trail
23 maintenance entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile associ-
24 ation, shall pay twenty dollars for each such snowmobile for the snowmo-
25 bile trail development and maintenance fund in addition to the registra-
26 tion required by the vehicle and traffic law. In the event that an
27 individual seeking snowmobile club membership is unable, for any reason,
28 to secure such club membership, they may contact the New York state
29 snowmobile association, who shall secure such membership for such
30 person.
31 § 5. This act shall take effect December 31, 2028. Effective imme-
32 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
33 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
34 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
