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STATE OF NEW YORK
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6711
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 12, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY — 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 and the parks, recreation
and historic preservation law, in relation to fees for snowmobile
trail development and maintenance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly,
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. 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] one
8 hundred fifteen dollar fee for residents and [ninety] one hundred forty
9 dollar fee for nonresidents and a thirty-five dollar fee for residents
10 and thirty-five dollar fee for nonresidents who provide proof, at the
11 time of registration, that such individual is a member of an organized
12 New York state snowmobile club that is a member of the New York state
13 snowmobile association or is a member of an organized New York state
14 snowmobile club that is a trail maintenance entity and a member of the
15 New York state snowmobile association which are imposed by section 21.07
16 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law. In the event
17 that an individual seeking snowmobile club membership is unable, for any
18 reason, to secure such club membership, he or she may contact the New
19 York state snowmobile association, who shall secure such membership for
20 such person. This fee shall also be collected from dealers at the time
21 of original registration and at the time of each renewal. The commis-
22 sioner shall effectuate regulations regarding what is required as proof
23 of membership in an organized New York state snowmobile club that is a
EXPLANATION–Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 trail maintenance entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile
2 association for the purposes of this subdivision.
3 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 21.07 of the parks, recreation and
4 historic preservation law, as amended by chapter 609 of the laws of
5 2005, is amended to read as follows:
6 1. A fee of [ninety] one hundred fifteen dollars is hereby imposed
7 upon the resident, and [ninety] one hundred forty dollars upon the
8 nonresident, owner of a snowmobile for the snowmobile trail development
9 and maintenance fund to be paid to the commissioner of motor vehicles
10 upon the registration thereof in addition to the registration fee
11 required by the vehicle and traffic law, the payment of which fee hereby
12 imposed shall be a condition precedent to such individual resident,
13 individual nonresident or dealer registration.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.