§ 25.01 Rules and regulations. With a view of achieving maximum use of snowmobiles and minimizing the detrimental effect thereof upon the environment, the commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations relating to and including, but not limited to the following: 1. Use of snowmobiles insofar as fish and wildlife resources are affected. 2. Use of […]
§ 25.03 Operation of snowmobiles; general. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate any snowmobile in the following unsafe or harassing ways: 1. Imprudent speed. At a rate of speed greater than reasonable or proper under the surrounding circumstances provided, however, that in no case shall a snowmobile be operated at […]
§ 25.04 Designation of certain trails. The commissioner shall designate snowmobile trails which proceed along a New York state border and which, occasionally as dictated by terrain, cross into another state, in which such snowmobile is registered and shall publish such trail designation in the New York state register and other publications accessible to the […]
§ 25.05 Operation on highways. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate any snowmobile on a highway other than as follows: 1. Operation on thruway, interstate highways and controlled access state highways prohibited. Except in a snow emergency as so declared under the provisions of subdivision two of this section, snowmobiles […]
§ 25.07 Operation on other public lands. In addition to the permissible use of highways specified in subdivision seven of section 25.05, a county, town, city or village governing body, may by ordinance or local law, adopted pursuant to the provisions of section 25.09, permit the operation of snowmobiles on lands, waters and property other […]
§ 25.09 Operation on highways and public lands; authorization by governmental agencies. 1. Highways. (a) Highways or portions thereof upon which snowmobile travel is permitted, when designated by a governmental agency as provided in section 25.05, shall be so designated, in the case of state highways by the state agency or authority having jurisdiction to […]
§ 25.11 Special events. 1. The commissioner may authorize the holding of special events as defined in section 21.05. He shall adopt and may, from time to time, amend rules and regulations determining the special events which shall be subject to permit and designating the equipment and facilities necessary for safe operation of snowmobiles and […]
§ 25.13 Liability insurance. 1. A snowmobile which shall be operated on the roadway or shoulder of a highway or on property which is owned, leased or held in easement by a person other than the owner or operator of the snowmobile, shall be covered by a policy of insurance, in such language and form […]
§ 25.17 Equipment. 1. All snowmobiles operating within the state of New York shall be equipped with: (a) Head lights. At least one white or amber head-lamp having a minimum candlepower of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least one hundred feet ahead during hours of darkness under normal […]
§ 25.18 Trail grooming equipment; requirements. Any combination of equipment used to maintain the snow surface of snowmobile trails shall be equipped with: 1. a head light and tail light as required of snowmobiles in this article, as well as a revolving, rotating, flashing, oscillating or constantly moving amber lamp with a minimum candlepower of […]
§ 25.19 Operation by youthful operators. 1. Age of operation. No person under eighteen years of age shall operate a snowmobile except as provided for in this subdivision. (a) No person under the age of fourteen years shall operate a snowmobile except upon land owned or leased by his or her parent or guardian. Leased […]
§ 25.21 Responsibility for operation by minors. 1. No owner or other person in possession of any snowmobile shall authorize or knowingly permit any person under eighteen years of age to operate such a snowmobile in violation of any provision of this article, the rules and regulations of the commissioner, or the provisions of any […]
§ 25.23 Duties and liability for negligence. 1. Negligence in the use or operation of a snowmobile shall be attributable to the owner. Every owner of a snowmobile used or operated in this state shall be liable and responsible for death or injury to person or damage to property resulting from negligence in the use […]
§ 25.24 Operating a snowmobile upon a street, highway, public trails, lands, bodies of water, or private property of another while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. 1. Offenses; criminal penalties. (a) No person shall operate a snowmobile upon a street, highway, public trails, lands, bodies of water, or private property of another while […]
§ 25.25 Accidents; reports. 1. The operator of any snowmobile involved in any accident resulting in injuries to or death of any person or in which property damage in the estimated amount of one thousand dollars or more is sustained, shall within seven days after such accident report the matter in writing to the office, […]
§ 25.27 Service on nonresidents and certain residents, adminis- trators or executors. 1. The use or operation by a nonresident of a snowmobile in this state, or the use or operation in this state of a snowmobile in the business of a nonresident or the use or operation in this state of a snowmobile owned […]
§ 25.29 Suspension and revocation of certificates and permits. The commissioner may suspend or revoke a snowmobile safety certificate, or a permit for special events, issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, upon satisfactory proof of a violation of any provision of this article or of any rule, regulation, order, local law or ordinance […]
