STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2163--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- 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 section 1 of part MM of chapter 58 of the laws of 3 2023, is amended to read 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 one hundred 8 twenty-five dollar fee for residents and one hundred twenty-five dollar 9 fee for nonresidents or a fifty-five dollar fee for residents and 10 fifty-five dollar fee for nonresidents who provide proof, at the time of 11 registration, that such individual is a member of an organized New York 12 state snowmobile club that is a member of the New York state snowmobile 13 association or is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile 14 club that is a trail maintenance entity and a member of the New York 15 state snowmobile association which are imposed by section 21.07 of the 16 parks, recreation and historic preservation law. In the event that an 17 individual seeking snowmobile club membership is unable, for any reason, 18 to secure such club membership, [he or she] they 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. LBD04594-02-5
A. 2163--A 2 1 trail maintenance entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile 2 association for the purposes of this subdivision. 3 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the commis- 4 sioner is hereby authorized and directed to develop and issue to appli- 5 cants a special vintage registration for a snowmobile manufactured more 6 than thirty years prior. Such vintage registration shall be identifi- 7 able by a vintage registration sticker, have a unique registration 8 number and be subject to annual renewal. In addition to the fees 9 collected pursuant to paragraph (f) of subdivision four of this section, 10 the commissioner shall collect an annual fee of twenty dollars for a 11 resident and non-resident applicant who provides proof, at the time of 12 registration, that such individual is a member of an organized New York 13 state snowmobile club that is a member of the New York state snowmobile 14 association or is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile 15 club that is a trail maintenance entity and a member of the New York 16 state snowmobile association. The commissioner may provide that applica- 17 tions for a vintage snowmobile registration and the issuing of a vintage 18 snowmobile registration may only be accepted and processed at one or 19 more facilities operated by the department either by mail or in person. 20 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2222 of the vehicle and traffic law is 21 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows: 22 (f) A fee of five dollars for each individual resident and non-resi- 23 dent vintage registration. 24 § 3. Section 21.07 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation 25 law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 26 3. Notwithstanding the fee as established in subdivisions one and two 27 of this section, an individual resident or nonresident registering a 28 vintage snowmobile who provides proof at the time of registration, that 29 such individual is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile 30 club that is a member of the New York state snowmobile association or is 31 a member of an organized New York state snowmobile club that is a trail 32 maintenance entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile associ- 33 ation, shall pay an additional fee of twenty dollars for each vintage 34 snowmobile for the snowmobile trail development and maintenance fund in 35 addition to the registration required by the vehicle and traffic law. In 36 the event that an individual seeking snowmobile club membership is 37 unable, for any reason, to secure such club membership, they may contact 38 the New York state snowmobile association, who shall secure such member- 39 ship for such person. 40 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, a 41 special vintage registration for a snowmobile shall not be issued until 42 the commissioner of motor vehicles certifies that the department of 43 motor vehicles is prepared to issue special vintage registrations for 44 snowmobiles; and provided that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall 45 notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon such certification 46 in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effec- 47 tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York 48 in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the 49 legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.