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                                   2197
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2023
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 Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 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 chapter 609 of the laws of 2005, 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 ninety dollar
 fee for residents and ninety dollar fee for nonresidents and  a  thirty-
 five  dollar  fee  for residents and thirty-five dollar fee for nonresi-
 dents who provide proof, at the time of registration, that such individ-
 ual 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 pres-
 ervation law. In the event that an individual  seeking  snowmobile  club
 membership is unable, for any reason, to secure such club membership, he
 or  she 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  commissioner shall effectuate regulations regarding
 what is required as proof of membership in an organized New  York  state
 snowmobile  club  that is a trail maintenance entity and a member of the

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 New York state snowmobile association for the purposes of this  subdivi-
 sion.
   (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 PRIOR
 TO  JANUARY  FIRST,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED EIGHTY. SUCH VINTAGE REGISTRATION
 SHALL BE IDENTIFIABLE 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 TEN 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 TEN DOLLARS FOR EACH VINTAGE SNOW-
 MOBILE  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, HE OR SHE MAY
 CONTACT THE NEW YORK STATE SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION, WHO SHALL SECURE SUCH
 MEMBERSHIP FOR SUCH PERSON.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.