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                                   2163
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred 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 section 1 of part MM of chapter 58  of  the  laws  of
 2023, 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 one hundred
 twenty-five dollar fee for residents and one hundred twenty-five  dollar
 fee  for  nonresidents  or  a  fifty-five  dollar  fee for residents and
 fifty-five dollar fee for nonresidents who provide 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 which are imposed by section 21.07  of  the
 parks,  recreation  and  historic preservation law. In the event that an
 individual seeking snowmobile club membership is unable, for any reason,
 to secure such club membership, [he or she] THEY  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 commis-
 sioner shall effectuate regulations regarding what is required as  proof
 of  membership  in an organized New York state snowmobile club that is a

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 trail maintenance entity and a member of the New York  state  snowmobile
 association for the purposes of this subdivision.
   (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, THEY MAY CONTACT
 THE NEW YORK STATE SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION, WHO SHALL SECURE SUCH MEMBER-
 SHIP 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.