Bill Text: NY S02197 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to vintage snowmobile registrations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02197 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S02197-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2197 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 19, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- 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 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 19 secure such membership for such person. This fee shall also be collected 20 from dealers at the time of original registration and at the time of 21 each renewal. The commissioner shall effectuate regulations regarding 22 what is required as proof of membership in an organized New York state 23 snowmobile club that is a trail maintenance entity and a member of the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03918-01-3S. 2197 2 1 New York state snowmobile association for the purposes of this subdivi- 2 sion. 3 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the commis- 4 sioner is hereby authorized and directed to develop and issue to appli- 5 cants a special vintage registration for a snowmobile manufactured prior 6 to January first, nineteen hundred eighty. Such vintage registration 7 shall be identifiable by a vintage registration sticker, have a unique 8 registration number and be subject to annual renewal. In addition to the 9 fees collected pursuant to paragraph (f) of subdivision four of this 10 section, the commissioner shall collect an annual fee of ten dollars for 11 a resident and non-resident applicant who provides proof, at the time of 12 registration, that such individual is a member of an organized New York 13 state snowmobile club that is a member of the New York state snowmobile 14 association or is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile 15 club that is a trail maintenance entity and a member of the New York 16 state snowmobile association. The commissioner may provide that applica- 17 tions for a vintage snowmobile registration and the issuing of a vintage 18 snowmobile registration may only be accepted and processed at one or 19 more facilities operated by the department either by mail or in person. 20 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic law is 21 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows: 22 (f) A fee of five dollars for each individual resident and non-resi- 23 dent vintage registration. 24 § 3. Section 21.07 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation 25 law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 26 3. Notwithstanding the fee as established in subdivisions one and two 27 of this section, an individual resident or nonresident registering a 28 vintage snowmobile who provides proof at the time of registration, that 29 such individual is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile 30 club that is a member of the New York state snowmobile association or is 31 a member of an organized New York state snowmobile club that is a trail 32 maintenance entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile associ- 33 ation, shall pay an additional fee of ten dollars for each vintage snow- 34 mobile for the snowmobile trail development and maintenance fund in 35 addition to the registration required by the vehicle and traffic law. In 36 the event that an individual seeking snowmobile club membership is 37 unable, for any reason, to secure such club membership, he or she may 38 contact the New York state snowmobile association, who shall secure such 39 membership for such person. 40 § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 41 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 42 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 43 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 44 on or before such effective date.
