Bill Text: NY A01905 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-12 - referred to transportation [A01905 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A01905-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1905
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, SCHROEDER, LUPARDO -- Multi-Sponsored by
         -- M. of A. BOYLAND, FINCH, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, ZEBROWSKI -- 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:
    1    Section  1.  Section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
    3    2-A. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO  REGISTER  A  SNOWMOBILE  AS  A
    4  NON-TRAIL SNOWMOBILE WHICH SHALL BE USED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF GAIN-
    5  ING  ACCESS  TO  HUNTING  AND  FISHING AREAS. SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE
    6  COMPRISED OF A BLAZE ORANGE BACKGROUND WITH BLACK LETTERING. THE FEE FOR
    7  THE REGISTRATION OF A SNOWMOBILE AS  A  NON-TRAIL  SNOWMOBILE  AND  EACH
    8  RENEWAL  THEREOF  SHALL BE TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS, FIFTEEN DOLLARS OF WHICH
    9  SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE SNOWMOBILE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
   10  FUND SET FORTH IN SECTION 21.07 OF THE PARKS,  RECREATION  AND  HISTORIC
   11  PRESERVATION LAW.
   12    S  2. Section 2230 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
   13  a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   14    3. ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO-A  OF
   15  SECTION TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE GUILTY OF
   16  A  VIOLATION  PUNISHABLE  BY  A  FINE  OF  FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH
   17  OFFENSE, OF WHICH FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS OF SUCH FINE SHALL  BE  DEPOSITED
   18  IN  THE  SNOWMOBILE  TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE FUND SET FORTH IN
   19  SECTION 21.07 OF THE PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAW. IN
   20  ADDITION TO SUCH FINE, ANY SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE  WITHIN  A  FIVE
   21  YEAR  PERIOD SHALL RESULT IN THE SUSPENSION OF ALL LICENSES SET FORTH IN
   22  SECTION 11-0701 OF THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW  HELD  BY  SUCH
   23  PERSON FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.
   24    S  3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
   25  law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02241-01-1