Assembly Bill A10678

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  10678

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 12, 2016
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Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Woerner) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism,  Parks,  Arts  and
  Sports Development

AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law and
  the vehicle and traffic law, regarding snowmobile registrations

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 27.15 of the parks, recreation and
historic  preservation  law,  as  amended  by chapter 839 of the laws of
1973, is amended to read as follows:
  2. The amount of state aid to be allocated to counties, cities,  towns
or  villages  shall  be  determined  by  the commissioner as hereinafter
provided. The commissioner shall  determine  the  percentage  proportion
which  the authorized expenditures of each individual county, city, town
or village, but not exceeding [twenty-five] FIFTY thousand  dollars  for
each  county  including  the  municipalities  therein, shall bear to the
total authorized expenditures of all  the  counties,  cities,  towns  or
villages for enforcement of such provisions during the fiscal year. Such
percentage  proportion  shall then be applied against an amount equal to
twenty-five percent of the amount received by the state in fees received
for registration of snowmobiles during such fiscal year, to  the  extent
only  and  not  exceeding  the sum of [one] TWO hundred [fifty] thousand
dollars.  The amount thus determined shall constitute the maximum amount
of state aid to which each county, city, town or village shall be  enti-
tled.    Provided,  however, that no county, city, town or village shall
receive state aid in an amount in excess of [one-half] THREE QUARTERS of
its authorized expenditures as approved by  the  commissioner  for  such
fiscal  year.  The  commissioner  shall  certify  to the comptroller the
amount thus determined for each county, city, town  or  village  as  the
amount  of  state  aid  to  be apportioned to such county, city, town or
village.
  S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 2230 of the vehicle and traffic law,  as
amended  by chapter 609 of the laws of 2005, is amended and a new subdi-
vision 3 is added to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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  2. Any person who violates any provision of this article or regulation
adopted pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a violation punishable by  a
fine  of  NOT  LESS  THAN two hundred dollars NOR MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS, OR BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN DAYS, OR  BY  BOTH
SUCH  FINE AND IMPRISONMENT EXCEPT, IF THE VIOLATION CONSISTS OF FAILURE
TO RENEW A REGISTRATION WHICH WAS VALID  WITHIN  SIXTY  DAYS,  THE  FINE
SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS, and one-half of such fine shall be
deposited  in  the  snowmobile trail development and maintenance fund as
set forth in section 21.07 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
vation law.
  3. NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPHS ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION, A VIOLATION
OF DISPLAY OF REGISTRATION NUMBERS AS  DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH  ONE  OF
SECTION TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE PUNISH-
ABLE  BY  A  FINE OR NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS; ONE-HALF OF SUCH
FINE SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE SNOWMOBILE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND  MAINTE-
NANCE  FUND  AS  SET FORTH IN SECTION 21.07 OF THE PARKS, RECREATION AND
HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAW.
  S 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.