27.11 - Offenses; penalties.

§  27.11  Offenses;  penalties.    1.  Unless  otherwise  specifically  provided, any person who violates any provision of this chapter,  or  of  any  law, ordinance, rule, regulation or order adopted pursuant thereto,  shall be guilty of a    (a) traffic infraction,  if  such  provision,  law,  ordinance,  rule,  regulation  or  order  is  one  which  regulates traffic as specified in  section one hundred fifty-five of the vehicle and traffic law, but  does  not relate to snowmobiles.    (b) violation, for any other offense.    2. A traffic infraction shall be punishable as provided in subdivision  (b) of section one thousand eight hundred of the vehicle and traffic law  in the same manner as if the offense were a violation of the vehicle and  traffic  law.  A  violation shall be punishable as provided in the penal  law. Upon  conviction  of  a  violation  of  any  provision  of  article  twenty-five  of  this  chapter  a  court  may also require the convicted  person, as a condition of the sentence in addition to any other penalty,  to successfully complete a snowmobile  safety  course  approved  by  the  commissioner.