Bill Text: NY S05129 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to creating an exemption to the snowmobile registration requirements by creating a seasonal trail pass pilot program for Canadian citizens where registered Canadian snowmobilers will pay applicable fees but no additional registration materials are utilized.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-23 - PRINT NUMBER 5129A [S05129 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05129-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5129--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens. RITCHIE, LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
          recommitted to the Committee  on  Transportation  in  accordance  with
          Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating  an
          exemption  to  the  snowmobile registration requirements by creating a
          seasonal trail pass pilot program for Canadian citizens; and providing
          for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  5 of section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic
     2  law, as added by chapter 839 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read  as
     3  follows:
     4    5.  Application.  The  owner of each snowmobile requiring registration
     5  under this section shall present an application for registration to  the
     6  commissioner, on a blank to be prepared and furnished by the commission-
     7  er for that purpose. Such application shall contain or be accompanied by
     8  such evidence of the ownership of the snowmobile described in the appli-
     9  cation  as  may  be  required  by the commissioner. Where the snowmobile
    10  owner is a citizen of Canada, no registration shall be required,  but  a
    11  trail  pass  as described in subdivision five-a of this section shall be
    12  required.
    13    § 2. Section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
    14  a new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
    15    5-a. Canadian citizen trail pass. All applicable fees shall be paid to
    16  receive  a trail pass. Trail pass fees shall be equal to those described
    17  in subdivisions four and four-a of this  section,  in  addition  to  any
    18  other  applicable fees prescribed by law. Passes shall not authorize the
    19  use of a snowmobile other than for pleasure, and shall  require  compli-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  ance  with all laws and regulations applicable to the use of snowmobiles
     2  in New York state.
     3    (a)  Passes shall expire after one year, must be prominently displayed
     4  on the cowl of the snowmobile at all times when the snowmobile is within
     5  the borders of New York state.
     6    (b) Trail passes shall be sold in the following counties only:   Clin-
     7  ton,  Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, and
     8  St. Lawrence.
     9    (c) Passes will be sold by businesses approved by the commissioner  of
    10  parks, recreation and historic preservation.
    11    (d) Applications for a trail pass must be accompanied by valid Canadi-
    12  an registration.
    13    (e)  Passes  shall  be issued with information concerning the laws and
    14  regulations of New York state that pertain to the safe and legal  opera-
    15  tion of a snowmobile within New York state's borders.
    16    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    17  have become a law and shall expire January 1, 2025 when upon  such  date
    18  the  provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed; provided, however,
    19  that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
    20  rule or regulation by the commissioner of the department of motor  vehi-
    21  cles  that is necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
    22  tive date are authorized to be made and  completed  on  or  before  such
    23  effective date.