Bill Text: NY S01206 | 2011-2012 | 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01206 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01206-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1206
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed 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 immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04878-01-1