Assembly Bill A6854A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A6854 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2932
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§107-a & 159-b, amd §401, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8879, A2616
2011-2012: A4390
2013-2014: A2465, S3565
2015-2016: A6592, S2292
2019-2020: S241
2021-2022: S5087
2023-2024: S5705

2017-A6854 - Summary

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

2017-A6854 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6854
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO,
   MOYA, RAMOS, RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ  --  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-b to read as follows:
   § 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.
   § 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.
   § 159-B. 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.
   §  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:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01372-01-7
              

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2017-A6854A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2932
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§107-a & 159-b, amd §401, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8879, A2616
2011-2012: A4390
2013-2014: A2465, S3565
2015-2016: A6592, S2292
2019-2020: S241
2021-2022: S5087
2023-2024: S5705

2017-A6854A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A6854A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6854--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO,
   RAMOS, RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Transportation  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to exempting
   new clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the clean vehicle stan-
   dards from the fees for the first year of registration of  such  vehi-
   cles;  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 two new
 sections 107-a and 159-b to read as follows:
   § 107-A.   CLEAN FUEL VEHICLE. EVERY  MOTOR  VEHICLE  WHICH  IS  FOUR-
 WHEELED,  HAS A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING OF NOT MORE THAN EIGHT THOU-
 SAND FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS, HAS A MAXIMUM SPEED  OF  AT  LEAST  FIFTY-FIVE
 MILES  PER  HOUR,  AND  CAN BE PROPELLED AT LEAST IN PART BY AN ELECTRIC
 MOTOR AND ASSOCIATED POWER ELECTRONICS  THAT  DRAWS  ELECTRICITY  FOR  A
 HYDROGEN  FUEL  CELL OR FROM A BATTERY THAT HAS A BATTERY CAPACITY OF AT
 LEAST FOUR KILOWATT-HOURS, AND IS  CAPABLE  OF  BEING  CHARGED  FROM  AN
 EXTERNAL SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY.
   §  159-B. 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.
 SECTIONS 7503 AND 7507, AND (B) HAS A FUEL EFFICIENCY THAT IS  AT  LEAST
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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