Senate BillPassed first house
S 8242: Increases an amount for purposes of the calculation of state aid for snowmobile enforcement from two hundred dollars to three hundred dollars.
What S 8242 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law to determine state aid for snowmobile enforcement. The state aid will be allocated to counties, cities, towns, or villages based on a percentage of their authorized expenditures for enforcement during the fiscal year. This percentage will be applied to a portion of the state's fees received for snowmobile registration, with a maximum cap of $300,000. The amount of state aid each county, city, town, or village receives will not exceed three-quarters of their approved expenditures. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 8242
- What is the current status of S 8242?
- As of January 9, 2026, S 8242 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION".
- Did S 8242 pass?
- Not yet. S 8242 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
- Who wrote S 8242, and where is it now?
- S 8242 was authored by Sen. Chris Ryan. Its committee of record is Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks & Recreation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | returned to senate |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | died in assembly |
| Jun. 10, 2025 | referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development |
| Jun. 10, 2025 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 27, 2025 · 401 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8242 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- (at request of the Office of Parks, Recre- ation and Historic Preservation) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to state aid for snowmobile enforcement The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 27.15 of the parks, recreation and 2 historic preservation law, as amended by chapter 341 of the laws of 3 2017, is amended to read as follows: 4 2. The amount of state aid to be allocated to counties, cities, towns 5 or villages shall be determined by the commissioner as hereinafter 6 provided. The commissioner shall determine the percentage proportion 7 which the authorized expenditures of each individual county, city, town 8 or village, but not exceeding fifty thousand dollars for each county 9 including the municipalities therein, shall bear to the total authorized 10 expenditures of all the counties, cities, towns or villages for enforce- 11 ment of such provisions during the fiscal year. Such percentage propor- 12 tion shall then be applied against an amount equal to twenty-five 13 percent of the amount received by the state in fees received for regis- 14 tration of snowmobiles during such fiscal year, to the extent only and 15 not exceeding the sum of [two] three hundred thousand dollars. The 16 amount thus determined shall constitute the maximum amount of state aid 17 to which each county, city, town or village shall be entitled. Provided, 18 however, that no county, city, town or village shall receive state aid 19 in an amount in excess of three-quarters of its authorized expenditures 20 as approved by the commissioner for such fiscal year. The commissioner 21 shall certify to the comptroller the amount thus determined for each 22 county, city, town or village as the amount of state aid to be appor- 23 tioned to such county, city, town or village. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09985-01-5
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