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                                        4455--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 3, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. BUTLER -- 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, in relation to  the  regis-
         tration of vintage snowmobiles
         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 4-b to read as follows:
    3    4-B.  (A) FEES FOR VINTAGE SNOWMOBILES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW,
    4  RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, FEES FOR REGISTRATION OF  A  VINTAGE
    5  SNOWMOBILE WHICH IS OWNED AND OPERATED AS AN EXHIBITION PIECE OR COLLEC-
    6  TOR'S  ITEM, AND IS USED FOR PARTICIPATION IN CLUB ACTIVITIES, EXHIBITS,
    7  TOURS, PARADES, OCCASIONAL TRANSPORTATION AND SIMILAR USES, BUT NOT USED
    8  FOR GENERAL SNOWMOBILING PURPOSES, SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS (I)  TEN  DOLLARS
    9  ANNUALLY IF THE REGISTRANT IS A MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED CLUB AS SET FORTH
   10  IN  SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF THIS SECTION, AND (II) TWENTY DOLLARS ANNUALLY
   11  IF THE REGISTRANT IS NOT A MEMBER OF SUCH  A  CLUB;  PROVIDED  THAT  THE
   12  REGISTRANT  OF  A  VINTAGE  SNOWMOBILE SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE ADDI-
   13  TIONAL FEES SET OUT IN SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF THIS SECTION,  AND  SECTION
   14  21.07 OF THE PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAW.
   15    (B)  THE  REGISTRATION  STICKER FOR VINTAGE SNOWMOBILES WHICH SHALL BE
   16  USED ONLY FOR VINTAGE SNOWMOBILES SHALL BE OF  A  DIFFERENT  COLOR  THAN
   17  OTHER  REGISTRATION STICKERS FOR SNOWMOBILES.  SUCH REGISTRATION STICKER
   18  SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE AFFIXED TO  THE  SNOWMOBILE,  BUT  SHALL  BE
   19  REQUIRED TO BE READILY AVAILABLE TO THE OPERATOR AND PRESENTED ON DEMAND
   20  BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
   21    (C)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE SHALL MEAN
   22  ANY SNOWMOBILE MANUFACTURED THIRTY OR MORE YEARS PRIOR  TO  THE  CURRENT
   23  CALENDAR  YEAR,  AND ANY OTHER MODEL, YEAR AND TYPE SNOWMOBILE WHICH HAS
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05743-03-1
       A. 4455--A                          2
    1  UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS AND WHICH IS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE
    2  OF HISTORICAL, CLASSIC OR EXHIBITION VALUE.
    3    (D)  A PERSON WHO OWNS OR OPERATES A SNOWMOBILE WHICH IS REGISTERED AS
    4  A VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE AND SUCH SNOWMOBILE IS NOT A VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE  AS
    5  DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL BE GUILTY OF A
    6  VIOLATION AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    8  have  become  a law, provided that the commissioner of motor vehicles is
    9  immediately authorized and directed  to  promulgate  and/or  repeal  any
   10  rules  and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act
   11  on its effective date.