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Assembly Bill A5331

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows for a fee reduction for the registration of vintage snowmobiles

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2009-A5331 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3042
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2222, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4455, S2388
2013-2014: A5450

2009-A5331 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for a fee reduction for the registration of vintage snowmobiles; prescribes the use of a different color registration sticker for vintage snowmobiles; defines vintage snowmobiles; creates a violation for misuse of a vintage snowmobile registration.

2009-A5331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5331

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BUTLER -- 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 vintage snowmobiles

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
  15. (A) FEES FOR VINTAGE SNOWMOBILES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  LAW,
RULE  OR  REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, FEES FOR REGISTRATION OF A VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE WHICH IS OWNED AND OPERATED AS AN EXHIBITION PIECE OR COLLEC-
TOR'S ITEM, AND IS USED FOR PARTICIPATION IN CLUB ACTIVITIES,  EXHIBITS,
TOURS, PARADES, OCCASIONAL TRANSPORTATION AND SIMILAR USES, BUT NOT USED
FOR GENERAL SNOWMOBILING PURPOSES, SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL FEES
SET  OUT IN SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF THIS SECTION, AND SECTION 21.07 OF THE
PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAW.
  (B) THE REGISTRATION STICKER FOR VINTAGE SNOWMOBILES  WHICH  SHALL  BE
USED  ONLY  FOR  VINTAGE  SNOWMOBILES SHALL BE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR THAN
OTHER REGISTRATION STICKERS FOR SNOWMOBILES.
  (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE SHALL  MEAN
ANY  SNOWMOBILE  MANUFACTURED  MORE  THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO THE
CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR, AND ANY OTHER MODEL,  YEAR  AND  TYPE  SNOWMOBILE
WHICH  HAS UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS AND WHICH IS DETERMINED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER TO BE OF HISTORICAL, CLASSIC OR EXHIBITION VALUE.
  (D) A PERSON WHO OWNS OR OPERATES A SNOWMOBILE WHICH IS REGISTERED  AS
A  VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE AND SUCH SNOWMOBILE IS NOT A VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE AS
DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  GUILTY  OF  A
VIOLATION AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law, provided that the commissioner of motor  vehicles  is
immediately  authorized  and  directed  to  promulgate and/or repeal any
rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this  act
on its effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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