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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             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
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4-a of section 2222 of the vehicle and  traffic
 law,  as  amended  by  section 1 of part MM of chapter 58 of the laws of
 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   4-a. Additional fee. (A) In addition to the other fees provided for in
 paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision  four  of  this  section  the
 commissioner  shall, upon application in such cases for the registration
 of a snowmobile or the renewal thereof, collect the annual  one  hundred
 twenty-five  dollar fee for residents and one hundred twenty-five dollar
 fee for nonresidents or  a  fifty-five  dollar  fee  for  residents  and
 fifty-five dollar fee for nonresidents who provide proof, at the time of
 registration,  that such individual is a member of an organized New York
 state snowmobile club that is a member of the New York state  snowmobile
 association  or  is  a  member of an organized New York state snowmobile
 club that is a trail maintenance entity and a member  of  the  New  York
 state  snowmobile  association which are imposed by section 21.07 of the
 parks, recreation and historic preservation law. In the  event  that  an
 individual seeking snowmobile club membership is unable, for any reason,
 to  secure  such  club  membership, [he or she] THEY may contact the New
 York state snowmobile association, who shall secure such membership  for
 such  person.  This fee shall also be collected from dealers at the time
 of original registration and at the time of each  renewal.  The  commis-
 sioner  shall effectuate regulations regarding what is required as proof
 of membership in an organized New York state snowmobile club that  is  a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 trail  maintenance  entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile
 association for the purposes of this subdivision.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO DEVELOP AND ISSUE TO  APPLI-
 CANTS  A SPECIAL VINTAGE REGISTRATION FOR A SNOWMOBILE MANUFACTURED MORE
 THAN THIRTY YEARS PRIOR.  SUCH VINTAGE REGISTRATION SHALL  BE  IDENTIFI-
 ABLE  BY  A  VINTAGE  REGISTRATION  STICKER,  HAVE A UNIQUE REGISTRATION
 NUMBER AND BE SUBJECT  TO  ANNUAL  RENEWAL.  IN  ADDITION  TO  THE  FEES
 COLLECTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (F) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION,
 THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  COLLECT  AN ANNUAL FEE OF TWENTY DOLLARS FOR A
 RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT APPLICANT WHO PROVIDES PROOF, AT THE  TIME  OF
 REGISTRATION,  THAT SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS A MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED NEW YORK
 STATE SNOWMOBILE CLUB THAT IS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE  SNOWMOBILE
 ASSOCIATION  OR  IS  A  MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED NEW YORK STATE SNOWMOBILE
 CLUB THAT IS A TRAIL MAINTENANCE ENTITY AND A MEMBER  OF  THE  NEW  YORK
 STATE SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION. THE COMMISSIONER MAY PROVIDE THAT APPLICA-
 TIONS FOR A VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE REGISTRATION AND THE ISSUING OF A VINTAGE
 SNOWMOBILE  REGISTRATION  MAY  ONLY  BE ACCEPTED AND PROCESSED AT ONE OR
 MORE FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT EITHER BY MAIL OR IN PERSON.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
   (F)  A  FEE OF FIVE DOLLARS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT AND NON-RESI-
 DENT VINTAGE REGISTRATION.
   § 3. Section 21.07 of the parks, recreation and historic  preservation
 law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FEE AS ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO
 OF THIS SECTION, AN INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT  OR  NONRESIDENT  REGISTERING  A
 VINTAGE  SNOWMOBILE WHO PROVIDES PROOF AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION, THAT
 SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS A MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED NEW  YORK  STATE  SNOWMOBILE
 CLUB THAT IS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION OR IS
 A  MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED NEW YORK STATE SNOWMOBILE CLUB THAT IS A TRAIL
 MAINTENANCE ENTITY AND A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE SNOWMOBILE ASSOCI-
 ATION, SHALL PAY AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF TWENTY DOLLARS  FOR  EACH  VINTAGE
 SNOWMOBILE  FOR THE SNOWMOBILE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE FUND IN
 ADDITION TO THE REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW. IN
 THE EVENT THAT AN  INDIVIDUAL  SEEKING  SNOWMOBILE  CLUB  MEMBERSHIP  IS
 UNABLE, FOR ANY REASON, TO SECURE SUCH CLUB MEMBERSHIP, THEY MAY CONTACT
 THE NEW YORK STATE SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION, WHO SHALL SECURE SUCH MEMBER-
 SHIP FOR SUCH PERSON.
   §  4.  This  act  shall  take effect immediately; provided, however, a
 special vintage registration for a snowmobile shall not be issued  until
 the  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles  certifies that the department of
 motor vehicles is prepared to issue special  vintage  registrations  for
 snowmobiles;  and provided that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall
 notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon such  certification
 in  order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effec-
 tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York
 in furtherance of effectuating the  provisions  of  section  44  of  the
 legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.