Assembly Bill A1325

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a non-trail snowmobile registration for snowmobiles which shall be used solely for the purpose of gaining access to hunting and fishing areas

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A1325 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2222 & 2230, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A868
2011-2012: A1905
2013-2014: A1270
2015-2016: A817
2017-2018: A886
2019-2020: A3622
2021-2022: A110

2023-A1325 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a non-trail snowmobile registration for snowmobiles which shall be used solely for the purpose of gaining access to hunting and fishing areas; requires a $25 registration fee, $15 of which shall be deposited in a snowmobile trail development and maintenance fund.

2023-A1325 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1325
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GUNTHER, LUPARDO, BARRETT, STIRPE, BARCLAY --
   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 snowmobiles used solely for the purpose of hunting or fish-
   ing

   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 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO REGISTER A SNOWMOBILE AS A
 NON-TRAIL SNOWMOBILE WHICH SHALL BE USED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF GAIN-
 ING ACCESS TO HUNTING AND FISHING  AREAS.  SUCH  REGISTRATION  SHALL  BE
 COMPRISED OF A BLAZE ORANGE BACKGROUND WITH BLACK LETTERING. THE FEE FOR
 THE  REGISTRATION  OF  A  SNOWMOBILE  AS A NON-TRAIL SNOWMOBILE AND EACH
 RENEWAL THEREOF SHALL BE TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS, FIFTEEN DOLLARS  OF  WHICH
 SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE SNOWMOBILE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
 FUND  SET  FORTH  IN SECTION 21.07 OF THE PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC
 PRESERVATION LAW.
   § 2. Section 2230 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  ANY  PERSON  WHO  VIOLATES  THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO-A OF
 SECTION TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE GUILTY OF
 A VIOLATION PUNISHABLE BY A  FINE  OF  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  FOR  EACH
 OFFENSE,  OF  WHICH FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS OF SUCH FINE SHALL BE DEPOSITED
 IN THE SNOWMOBILE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE FUND  SET  FORTH  IN
 SECTION 21.07 OF THE PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAW. IN
 ADDITION  TO  SUCH  FINE, ANY SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE WITHIN A FIVE
 YEAR PERIOD SHALL RESULT IN THE SUSPENSION OF ALL LICENSES SET FORTH  IN
 SECTION  11-0701  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW HELD BY SUCH
 PERSON FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.
   § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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