Bill Text: NY A06405 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides registration fees for snowmobiles used on frozen bodies of water solely for sport fishing or for access to hunting or trapping lands.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-25 - held for consideration in transportation [A06405 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06405-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6405

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 17, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, DiPIETRO, PALMESANO, SALKA,
          MANKTELOW,  BYRNES,  MORINELLO,  J. M. GIGLIO,  GALLAHAN,  LEMONDES --
          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    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    21  have become a law. Effective immediately the commissioner of motor vehi-
    22  cles is authorized to promulgate and/or repeal any  rule  or  regulation
    23  necessary  to  implement  the  provisions  of this act on or before such
    24  effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02898-01-1