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                                   2073
 
                        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
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating  an
   exemption  to  the  snowmobile registration requirements by creating a
   seasonal trail pass pilot program for Canadian citizens; and providing
   for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  5 of section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as added by chapter 839 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   5.  Application.  The  owner of each snowmobile requiring registration
 under this section shall present an application for registration to  the
 commissioner, on a blank to be prepared and furnished by the commission-
 er for that purpose. Such application shall contain or be accompanied by
 such evidence of the ownership of the snowmobile described in the appli-
 cation  as  may  be  required  by the commissioner. WHERE THE SNOWMOBILE
 OWNER IS A CITIZEN OF CANADA, NO REGISTRATION SHALL BE REQUIRED,  BUT  A
 TRAIL  PASS  AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE-A OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 REQUIRED.
   § 2. Section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
   5-A. CANADIAN CITIZEN TRAIL PASS. ALL APPLICABLE FEES SHALL BE PAID TO
 RECEIVE  A TRAIL PASS. TRAIL PASS FEES SHALL BE EQUAL TO THOSE DESCRIBED
 IN SUBDIVISIONS FOUR AND FOUR-A OF THIS  SECTION,  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY
 OTHER  APPLICABLE FEES PRESCRIBED BY LAW. PASSES SHALL NOT AUTHORIZE THE
 USE OF A SNOWMOBILE OTHER THAN FOR PLEASURE, AND SHALL  REQUIRE  COMPLI-
 ANCE  WITH ALL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO THE USE OF SNOWMOBILES
 IN NEW YORK STATE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (A) PASSES SHALL EXPIRE AFTER ONE YEAR, MUST BE PROMINENTLY  DISPLAYED
 ON THE COWL OF THE SNOWMOBILE AT ALL TIMES WHEN THE SNOWMOBILE IS WITHIN
 THE BORDERS OF NEW YORK STATE.
   (B)  TRAIL PASSES SHALL BE SOLD IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ONLY:  CLIN-
 TON, ESSEX, FRANKLIN, HAMILTON, HERKIMER, JEFFERSON, LEWIS, OSWEGO,  AND
 ST. LAWRENCE.
   (C)  PASSES WILL BE SOLD BY BUSINESSES APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
 PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
   (D) APPLICATIONS FOR A TRAIL PASS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY VALID CANADI-
 AN REGISTRATION.
   (E) PASSES SHALL BE ISSUED WITH INFORMATION CONCERNING  THE  LAWS  AND
 REGULATIONS  OF NEW YORK STATE THAT PERTAIN TO THE SAFE AND LEGAL OPERA-
 TION OF A SNOWMOBILE WITHIN NEW YORK STATE'S BORDERS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a law and shall expire January 1, 2033 when upon such date
 the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.    Effective  imme-
 diately, 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.