Section 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.