S 7200: Relates to vintage snowmobile registrations for snowmobiles manufactured more than thirty years prior.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7200 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- 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 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] such individual may contact 19 the New York state snowmobile association, who shall secure such member- 20 ship for such person. This fee shall also be collected from dealers at 21 the time of original registration and at the time of each renewal. The 22 commissioner shall effectuate regulations regarding what is required as 23 proof of membership in an organized New York state snowmobile club that EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11538-01-5 
 S. 7200 2 1 is a trail maintenance entity and a member of the New York state snowmo- 2 bile 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 that is more than 6 thirty years old. Such vintage registration shall be identifiable by a 7 vintage registration sticker, have a unique registration number and be 8 subject to annual renewal. In addition to the fees collected pursuant to 9 paragraph (f) of subdivision four of this section, the commissioner 10 shall collect an annual fee of twenty dollars for a resident and non-re- 11 sident applicant who provides proof, at the time of registration, that 12 such individual is a member of an organized New York state snowmobile 13 club that is a member of the New York state snowmobile association or is 14 a member of an organized New York state snowmobile club that is a trail 15 maintenance entity and a member of the New York state snowmobile associ- 16 ation. The commissioner may provide that applications for a vintage 17 snowmobile registration and the issuing of a vintage snowmobile regis- 18 tration may only be accepted and processed at one or more facilities 19 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 established in subdivisions one and two of 27 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, such individual 38 may contact the New York state snowmobile association, who shall secure 39 such membership for such person. 40 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, a 41 special vintage registration for a snowmobile may not be issued until 42 the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles certifies that the 43 department is prepared to issue special vintage registrations for snow- 44 mobiles.