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Assembly Bill A2616

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Exempts new electric vehicles, clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the clean vehicle standards from first year of registration fees

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2009-A2616 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§107-a, 114-e & 159-a, amd §401, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4390
2013-2014: A2465
2015-2016: A6592
2017-2018: A6854

2009-A2616 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts new electric vehicles, clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the clean vehicle standards from the first year of registration fees.

2009-A2616 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2616

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. DIAZ, CAHILL, COOK, DINOWITZ -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  exempting
  new  electric vehicles, clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the
  clean vehicle standards from the fees for the first year of  registra-
  tion of such vehicles; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
  upon expiration thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding three  new
sections 107-a, 114-e and 159-a to read as follows:
  S  107-A.   CLEAN FUEL VEHICLE. EVERY MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH QUALIFIES AS
CLEAN-FUEL VEHICLE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (C)  OF  SECTION  ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE-A OF THE FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
  S  114-E.  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE. EVERY MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH IS A QUALIFIED
ELECTRIC VEHICLE PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (C) OF  SECTION  THIRTY  OF  THE
FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
  S  159-A. VEHICLE THAT MEETS THE CLEAN VEHICLE STANDARDS.  EVERY MOTOR
VEHICLE WHICH (A) IS CERTIFIED, AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE PROVISIONS  OF
THE  FEDERAL  CLEAN AIR ACT (42 U.S.C. SECTION 7401 ET SEQ., AS AMENDED)
AS MEETING EXHAUST EMISSION STANDARDS FOR SUPER-ULTRA-LOW EMISSION VEHI-
CLES WHICH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS ADOPTED (CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGU-
LATIONS, TITLE 13) AND IS PERMITTED TO ADOPT  UNDER  42  U.S.C.  SECTION
7543,  AND  WHICH  OTHER  STATES  ARE PERMITTED TO ADOPT UNDER 42 U.S.C.
SECTION 7503, AND (B) HAS A FUEL EFFICIENCY THAT IS  AT  LEAST  ONE  AND
ONE-HALF  TIMES  THE  AVERAGE FUEL EFFICIENCY FOR VEHICLES IN ITS WEIGHT
CLASS.
  S 2. Subdivision 6 of section 401 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph c-1 to read as follows:
  C-1.  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS
SECTION WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF REGISTRATION FEES SHALL NOT APPLY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03917-01-9

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