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                                  5857--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
   mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  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 allowing
   snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles to be registered as farm vehicles
 
   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. REGISTRATION OF SNOWMOBILES AND ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES TO BE USED AS
 FARM VEHICLES.   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  A  SNOWMOBILE  OR  ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE MAY BE REGISTERED AS A
 MOTOR VEHICLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION  THIRTEEN
 OF  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, WHERE THE OWNER OF SUCH
 SNOWMOBILE OR ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE HAS CAUSED TO  BE  FILED  BY  MAIL  OR
 OTHERWISE,  WITH THE COMMISSIONER OR WITH ANY AGENT OF THE COMMISSIONER,
 AN APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF SUCH SNOWMOBILE OR ALL-TERRAIN  VEHI-
 CLE,  ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSIONER, AND ON A BLANK FORM TO BE FURNISHED
 BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  FOR  THAT  PURPOSE,  CONTAINING  THE  INFORMATION
 REQUIRED  BY  SUBDIVISION  THIRTEEN  OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS
 CHAPTER. THE COMMISSIONER OR AGENT SHALL MAKE SUCH INVESTIGATION, AS  HE
 OR  SHE  SHALL DETERMINE NECESSARY, AND IF SATISFIED THAT THE SNOWMOBILE
 OR ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE IS TO BE OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY AS A MOTOR  VEHICLE
 AS  PROVIDED BY SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS
 CHAPTER SHALL, UPON THE PAYMENT OF A FEE OF ONE DOLLAR, ASSIGN  TO  SUCH
 SNOWMOBILE  OR  ALL-TERRAIN  VEHICLE  A DISTINCTIVE NUMBER AND ISSUE AND
 DELIVER TO THE APPLICANT A SET OF NUMBER PLATES  AND  A  CERTIFICATE  OF
 REGISTRATION  IN SUCH FORM AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE, INDICAT-
 ING THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE SNOWMOBILE OR ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE REGISTERED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 S. 5857--A                          2
 
 MAY BE OPERATED ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AND SUCH SNOWMOBILE  OR  ALL-TER-
 RAIN VEHICLE MAY BE OPERATED ONLY AS SO INDICATED.
   §  2. Section 2229 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
 ter 481 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2229. Snowmobile, not a motor vehicle. Notwithstanding  its  limited
 use  on  highways,  a snowmobile shall not be determined a motor vehicle
 within the meaning of section one hundred twenty-five of this chapter or
 any other successor statutes, EXCEPT WHERE A SNOWMOBILE IS REGISTERED AS
 A FARM VEHICLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  FIFTEEN  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-TWO
 HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.