STATE OF NEW YORK
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7405--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 1, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. JONES, D'URSO, McDONALD, COOK, BUTTENSCHON,
CROUCH, NORRIS, SMULLEN, BLANKENBUSH, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, STEC, BRABENEC,
DeSTEFANO, SCHMITT, MORINELLO, B. MILLER, MANKTELOW, LAWRENCE, ASHBY
-- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, PALMESANO, TAGUE -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to
the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, 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 chapter 609 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read
3 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 ninety dollar
8 fee for residents and ninety dollar fee for nonresidents and a thirty-
9 five dollar fee for residents and thirty-five dollar fee for nonresi-
10 dents who provide proof, at the time of registration, that such individ-
11 ual is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile club that is a
12 member of the New York state snowmobile association or is a member of an
13 organized New York state snowmobile club that is a trail maintenance
14 entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile association which
15 are imposed by section 21.07 of the parks, recreation and historic pres-
16 ervation law. In the event that an individual seeking snowmobile club
17 membership is unable, for any reason, to secure such club membership, he
18 or she may contact the New York state snowmobile association, who shall
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 secure such membership for such person. This fee shall also be collected
2 from dealers at the time of original registration and at the time of
3 each renewal. The commissioner shall effectuate regulations regarding
4 what is required as proof of membership in an organized New York state
5 snowmobile club that is a trail maintenance entity and a member of the
6 New York state snowmobile association for the purposes of this subdivi-
7 sion.
8 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the commis-
9 sioner is hereby authorized and directed to develop and issue to appli-
10 cants a special vintage registration for a snowmobile manufactured prior
11 to January first, nineteen hundred eighty. Such vintage registration
12 shall be identifiable by a vintage registration sticker, have a unique
13 registration number and be subject to annual renewal. In addition to the
14 fees collected pursuant to paragraph (f) of subdivision four of this
15 section, the commissioner shall collect an annual fee of ten dollars for
16 a resident and non-resident applicant who provides proof, at the time of
17 registration, that such individual is a member of an organized New York
18 state snowmobile club that is a member of the New York state snowmobile
19 association or is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile
20 club that is a trail maintenance entity and a member of the New York
21 state snowmobile association. The commissioner may provide that applica-
22 tions for a vintage snowmobile registration and the issuing of a vintage
23 snowmobile registration may only be accepted and processed at one or
24 more facilities operated by the department either by mail or in person.
25 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic law is
26 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
27 (f) A fee of five dollars for each individual resident and non-resi-
28 dent vintage registration.
29 § 3. Section 21.07 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation
30 law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
31 3. Notwithstanding the fee as established in subdivisions one and two
32 of this section, an individual resident or nonresident registering a
33 vintage snowmobile who provides proof at the time of registration, that
34 such individual is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile
35 club that is a member of the New York state snowmobile association or is
36 a member of an organized New York state snowmobile club that is a trail
37 maintenance entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile associ-
38 ation, shall pay an additional fee of ten dollars for each vintage snow-
39 mobile for the snowmobile trail development and maintenance fund in
40 addition to the registration required by the vehicle and traffic law. In
41 the event that an individual seeking snowmobile club membership is
42 unable, for any reason, to secure such club membership, he or she may
43 contact the New York state snowmobile association, who shall secure such
44 membership for such person.
45 § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
46 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
47 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
48 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
49 on or before such effective date.
