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                                 4455--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTLER -- 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, 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 4-b to read as follows:
  4-B.  (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 BE AS FOLLOWS (I)  TEN  DOLLARS
ANNUALLY IF THE REGISTRANT IS A MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED CLUB AS SET FORTH
IN  SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF THIS SECTION, AND (II) TWENTY DOLLARS ANNUALLY
IF THE REGISTRANT IS NOT A MEMBER OF SUCH  A  CLUB;  PROVIDED  THAT  THE
REGISTRANT  OF  A  VINTAGE  SNOWMOBILE SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE ADDI-
TIONAL 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.  SUCH REGISTRATION STICKER
SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE AFFIXED TO  THE  SNOWMOBILE,  BUT  SHALL  BE
REQUIRED TO BE READILY AVAILABLE TO THE OPERATOR AND PRESENTED ON DEMAND
BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
  (C)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE SHALL MEAN
ANY SNOWMOBILE MANUFACTURED THIRTY OR MORE YEARS PRIOR  TO  THE  CURRENT
CALENDAR  YEAR,  AND ANY OTHER MODEL, YEAR AND TYPE SNOWMOBILE WHICH HAS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05743-03-1

              

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UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS AND WHICH IS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER 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.