Bill Text: NY A07405 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to vintage snowmobile registrations.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-28 - print number 7405a [A07405 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A07405-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7405--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 1, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES, D'URSO, McDONALD, COOK, BUTTENSCHON, CROUCH, NORRIS, SMULLEN, BLANKENBUSH, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, STEC, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO, SCHMITT, MORINELLO, B. MILLER, MANKTELOW, LAWRENCE, ASHBY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, PALMESANO, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4-a of section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by chapter 609 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 4-a. Additional fee. (a) In addition to the other fees provided for in 5 paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision four of this section the 6 commissioner shall, upon application in such cases for the registration 7 of a snowmobile or the renewal thereof, collect the annual ninety dollar 8 fee for residents and ninety dollar fee for nonresidents and a thirty- 9 five dollar fee for residents and thirty-five dollar fee for nonresi- 10 dents who provide proof, at the time of registration, that such individ- 11 ual is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile club that is a 12 member of the New York state snowmobile association or is a member of an 13 organized New York state snowmobile club that is a trail maintenance 14 entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile association which 15 are imposed by section 21.07 of the parks, recreation and historic pres- 16 ervation law. In the event that an individual seeking snowmobile club 17 membership is unable, for any reason, to secure such club membership, he 18 or she may contact the New York state snowmobile association, who shall EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11205-02-0A. 7405--A 2 1 secure such membership for such person. This fee shall also be collected 2 from dealers at the time of original registration and at the time of 3 each renewal. The commissioner shall effectuate regulations regarding 4 what is required as proof of membership in an organized New York state 5 snowmobile club that is a trail maintenance entity and a member of the 6 New York state snowmobile association for the purposes of this subdivi- 7 sion. 8 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the commis- 9 sioner is hereby authorized and directed to develop and issue to appli- 10 cants a special vintage registration for a snowmobile manufactured prior 11 to January first, nineteen hundred eighty. Such vintage registration 12 shall be identifiable by a vintage registration sticker, have a unique 13 registration number and be subject to annual renewal. In addition to the 14 fees collected pursuant to paragraph (f) of subdivision four of this 15 section, the commissioner shall collect an annual fee of ten dollars for 16 a resident and non-resident applicant who provides proof, at the time of 17 registration, that such individual is a member of an organized New York 18 state snowmobile club that is a member of the New York state snowmobile 19 association or is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile 20 club that is a trail maintenance entity and a member of the New York 21 state snowmobile association. The commissioner may provide that applica- 22 tions for a vintage snowmobile registration and the issuing of a vintage 23 snowmobile registration may only be accepted and processed at one or 24 more facilities operated by the department either by mail or in person. 25 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic law is 26 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows: 27 (f) A fee of five dollars for each individual resident and non-resi- 28 dent vintage registration. 29 § 3. Section 21.07 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation 30 law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 31 3. Notwithstanding the fee as established in subdivisions one and two 32 of this section, an individual resident or nonresident registering a 33 vintage snowmobile who provides proof at the time of registration, that 34 such individual is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile 35 club that is a member of the New York state snowmobile association or is 36 a member of an organized New York state snowmobile club that is a trail 37 maintenance entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile associ- 38 ation, shall pay an additional fee of ten dollars for each vintage snow- 39 mobile for the snowmobile trail development and maintenance fund in 40 addition to the registration required by the vehicle and traffic law. In 41 the event that an individual seeking snowmobile club membership is 42 unable, for any reason, to secure such club membership, he or she may 43 contact the New York state snowmobile association, who shall secure such 44 membership for such person. 45 § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 46 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 47 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 48 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 49 on or before such effective date.