New York S 3250: Relates to applications and state aid for snowmobile trail development and maintenance

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S03250 Summary:

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Requires local governments applying for a snowmobile trail development and maintenance grant to file an application in September, rather than an estimate of the expenditures; changes the allocation formula for the snowmobile trail maintenance and development fund; makes related provisions.

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3250

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, S. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
 relation to applications and state aid for snowmobile trail develop-
 ment and maintenance

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 5 of section 27.17 of the parks, recre-
 2 ation and historic preservation law, subdivision 3 as amended by section
 3 2 of part G of chapter 82 of the laws of 2002 and subdivision 5 as
 4 amended by chapter 88 of the laws of 1988, are amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 3. Every county or, where applicable, any city, town or village within
 7 such county, shall be eligible for a grant for the development and main-
 8 tenance of a system of snowmobile trails and a program with relation
 9 thereto within its boundaries. Such grants shall be made by the commis-
 10 sioner and may constitute up to one hundred percent of the cost of such
 11 program including expenditures incurred for signs and markers of snowmo-
 12 bile trails. Any county or, where applicable, any city, town or village
 13 within such county, applying for such grant shall submit to the commis-
 14 sioner by September first of each year an [estimate of such expenditures
 15 for the current fiscal year,] application in such form and containing
 16 such information as the commissioner may require. No city, town or
 17 village may apply for such grant where the county within which it is
 18 contained has submitted an application for the same fiscal year. For the
 19 purpose of this section, "fiscal year" shall mean the period from April
 20 first through March thirty-first. The commissioner shall review all such
 21 applications and shall determine the amount of state aid to be allocated
 22 to each county or, where applicable, any city, town or village within
 23 such county in accordance with the provisions of subdivision five of
 24 this section. Of the amount the commissioner determines each county or,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03541-01-5

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 1 where applicable, any city, town or village within such county is eligi-
 2 ble to receive, seventy percent shall be made available for distribution
 3 by November first and thirty percent for distribution upon demonstration
 4 of completion, submitted by June first[, of the program] following the
 5 project year, or such date as contained in the application.
 6 5. The amount of state aid to be allocated to each county or, where
 7 applicable, any city, town or village within such county, shall be drawn
 8 upon the monies remaining in the snowmobile trail development and main-
 9 tenance fund after withdrawal pursuant to subdivisions two and four of
 10 this section and shall be determined by the commissioner as hereinafter
 11 provided. [The commissioner shall determine the percentage proportion
 12 which the authorized expenditures of each individual county or, where
 13 applicable, any city, town or village within such county shall bear to
 14 the total authorized expenditures of all the counties, cities, towns or
 15 villages for snowmobile trail development and maintenance pursuant to
 16 this section during the fiscal year. Such perc