Bill Text: NY A04448 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts snowmobiles used solely for sport fishing on a frozen body of water or solely for access to hunting or trapping lands from certain additional registration fees.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to transportation [A04448 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04448-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4448
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, KOLB, OAKS, BLANKENBUSH, TENNEY, PALMES-
         ANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to registration
         fees  for  snowmobiles  to be used on frozen bodies of water for sport
         fishing or for access to hunting or trapping lands solely
         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 15 to read as follows:
    3    15. (A) FEES FOR SNOWMOBILES TO BE USED SOLELY FOR SPORT FISHING ON  A
    4  FROZEN  BODY OF WATER OR SOLELY FOR ACCESS TO HUNTING OR TRAPPING LANDS.
    5  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY,  FEES
    6  FOR  REGISTRATION  OF  A SNOWMOBILE WHICH IS TO BE USED SOLELY FOR SPORT
    7  FISHING ON A FROZEN BODY OF WATER OR SOLELY FOR  ACCESS  TO  HUNTING  OR
    8  TRAPPING LANDS SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL FEES SET OUT IN SUBDIVI-
    9  SION  FOUR-A OF THIS SECTION, AND SECTION 21.07 OF THE PARKS, RECREATION
   10  AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAW.
   11    (B) THE REGISTRATION STICKER FOR SNOWMOBILES  WHICH  ARE  TO  BE  USED
   12  SOLELY  FOR SPORT FISHING ON A FROZEN BODY OF WATER OR SOLELY FOR ACCESS
   13  TO HUNTING OR TRAPPING LANDS SHALL BE OF A DIFFERENT  COLOR  THAN  OTHER
   14  REGISTRATION STICKERS FOR SNOWMOBILES.
   15    (C)  A PERSON WHO OWNS OR OPERATES A SNOWMOBILE WHICH IS REGISTERED TO
   16  BE USED SOLELY FOR SPORT FISHING ON A FROZEN BODY OF WATER OR SOLELY FOR
   17  ACCESS TO HUNTING OR TRAPPING LANDS  WHO  OPERATES  THE  SNOWMOBILE  FOR
   18  OTHER  PURPOSES SHALL BE GUILTY OF A VIOLATION AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A
   19  FINE OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   21  have  become  a law, provided that the commissioner of motor vehicles is
   22  immediately authorized and directed  to  promulgate  and/or  repeal  any
   23  rules  and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act
   24  on its effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04470-01-3