NY State Senate Bill 2017-S6600A

Senate Bill S6600A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to certificates of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble zero emissions vehicles

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Feb 01, 2018	print number 6600a
Feb 01, 2018	amend and recommit to transportation
Jan 03, 2018	referred to transportation
Jun 06, 2017	referred to rules

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2017-S6600 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8248
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §415, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A7534
2021-2022: A5243

2017-S6600 - Summary

Relates to certificates of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble zero emissions vehicles; authorizes 20 certificates with at least five to be located in certain upstate regions.

2017-S6600 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6600

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to
certificates of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble
zero emissions vehicles

 PURPOSE :

To increase the certificates of registration for entities that
manufacture or assemble zero emissions vehicles while offering repair
services to those vehicles throughout the state.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: The Commissioner may issue and renew a certificate of
registration to a franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor
branch or factory branch as such terms are defined in section four
hundred sixty-two of this title, or to any subsidiary, affiliate or
controlled entity; provided, however, that such franchisor,
manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch, or
any subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity thereof,

(A) held a certificate of registration as on March twenty-sixth, two
thousand fourteen,

(B) is a manufacturer that manufactures or assembles exclusively zero
emission vehicles, or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity
of such a manufacture, and

(C) holds no more than twenty certificates of registration at any one
time.

The entities which hold these certificates of registration shall offer
repair service to repair any zero emissions vehicles sold or leased by
said franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or
factory branch, or any subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity
thereof.

At least one certificate of registration shall be maintained in each
of the following regions:

(A) Region one shall consist of Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene,
Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties;

(B) Region two shall consist of Albany, Fulton, Montgomery,
Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie and Washington Counties;

(C) Region three shall consist of Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland,
Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego and Otsego
counties;

(D) Region four shall consist of Chemung, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario,
Schuyler, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties; and

(E) Region five shall consist of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautaugua,
Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming counties.

Section 2: Provides for an immediate effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

It is important for New Yorkers from every region of the State to have
access to the latest technology, and that includes electric, zero
emissions vehicles. This legislation addresses the statute which
authorized limited distribution of zero emissions vehicles by
authorizing registration certificates for the distribution of these
vehicles throughout the State. To increase access for consumers, at
least one registration certificate for this distribution must be
established in each of five geographic regions (up to twenty
certificates). Additionally, this proposal assures that consumers will
have access to service for their zero emissions vehicles in every
region of the State.

The recently adopted State Budget invested in clean energy for our
future including the installation of hundreds of new charging stations
for electric vehicles throughout the State. This proposal complements
the greater availability of these stations by making the electric
vehicles, themselves, more widely available.

The dealer-manufacturer structure laid out in New York State franchise
law is important to the State, however, flexibility in this statute is
necessary to increase access to emerging technologies.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2017-S6600 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6600
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. AMEDORE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to certificates
   of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble  zero  emis-
   sions vehicles

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of  paragraph  f  of  subdivision  7  of
 section  415 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 26 of
 the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph or any
 provision of paragraph (bb) of subdivision two of section  four  hundred
 sixty-three  of this title, the commissioner may ISSUE AND renew [any] A
 certificate of registration [that was issued] to a franchisor,  manufac-
 turer,  distributor, distributor branch or factory branch, as such terms
 are defined in section four hundred sixty-two of this title, or  to  any
 subsidiary,  affiliate  or  controlled  entity  thereof[, prior to March
 twenty-sixth, two thousand fourteen]; provided, however, that such fran-
 chisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch,
 or any subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity thereof,  (A)  HELD  A
 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AS OF MARCH TWENTY-SIXTH, TWO THOUSAND FOUR-
 TEEN,  (B)  is a manufacturer that manufactures or assembles exclusively
 zero emissions vehicles, or is a subsidiary,  affiliate,  or  controlled
 entity of such a manufacturer, AND (C) HOLDS NO MORE THAN TWENTY CERTIF-
 ICATES  OF  REGISTRATION  AT  ANY  ONE TIME; and provided further that a
 controlling interest in such original franchisor, manufacturer, distrib-
 utor, distributor branch or factory branch or any subsidiary,  affiliate
 or  controlled  entity  was not transferred, sold or conveyed to another
 person or entity, other than to a subsidiary,  affiliate  or  controlled
 entity of such franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch
 or  factory  branch. For purposes of this paragraph, zero emission vehi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11779-01-7

 S. 6600                             2
 
 cles shall have the same meaning as under part two hundred  eighteen  of
 title six of the New York code of rules and regulations.
   (2)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  SECTION  OF LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION TO THE
 CONTRARY, ANY FRANCHISOR, MANUFACTURER, DISTRIBUTOR, DISTRIBUTOR  BRANCH
 OR  FACTORY  BRANCH,  OR  ANY SUBSIDIARY, AFFILIATE OR CONTROLLED ENTITY
 THEREOF THAT OBTAINS A NEW CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO  THIS
 SUBPARAGRAPH  ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CLAUSE SHALL OFFER
 REPAIR SERVICE TO REPAIR ANY ZERO EMISSIONS VEHICLES SOLD OR  LEASED  BY
 SAID  FRANCHISOR,  MANUFACTURER,  DISTRIBUTOR, DISTRIBUTOR BRANCH OR ANY
 FACTORY BRANCH, OR ANY SUBSIDIARY, AFFILIATE OR CONTROLLED ENTITY THERE-
 OF.
   (3) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY SECTION OF LAW, RULE,  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  ANY FRANCHISOR, MANUFACTURER, DISTRIBUTOR, DISTRIBUTOR BRANCH
 OR FACTORY BRANCH, OR ANY SUBSIDIARY,  AFFILIATE  OR  CONTROLLED  ENTITY
 THEREOF  THAT OBTAINS A NEW CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO THIS
 SUBPARAGRAPH ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CLAUSE SHALL  MAIN-
 TAIN  AT  LEAST ONE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
 REGIONS:
   (A) REGION ONE SHALL  CONSIST OF COLUMBIA, DELAWARE, DUTCHESS, GREENE,
 ORANGE, SULLIVAN AND ULSTER COUNTIES;
   (B) REGION TWO SHALL CONSIST OF ALBANY,  FULTON,  MONTGOMERY,  RENSSE-
 LAER, SARATOGA, SCHENECTADY, SCHOHARIE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES;
   (C)  REGION THREE SHALL CONSIST OF CAYUGA, CHENANGO, CORTLAND, HERKIM-
 ER, LEWIS, MADISON, ONEIDA, ONONDAGA, OSWEGO AND OTSEGO COUNTIES;
   (D) REGION FOUR SHALL CONSIST OF CHEMUNG, LIVINGSTON, MONROE, ONTARIO,
 SCHUYLER, STEUBEN, WAYNE AND YATES COUNTIES; AND
   (D) REGION FIVE SHALL CONSIST OF  ALLEGANY,  CATTARAUGUS,  CHAUTAUQUA,
 ERIE, GENESEE, NIAGARA, ORLEANS AND WYOMING COUNTIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2017-S6600A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8248
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §415, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A7534
2021-2022: A5243

2017-S6600A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certificates of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble zero emissions vehicles; authorizes 20 certificates with at least five to be located in certain upstate regions.

2017-S6600A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6600A

SPONSOR: AMEDORE
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to certificates of registration for entities that manufacture
or assemble zero emissions vehicles

 
PURPOSE:

To increase the certificates of registration for entities that manufac-
ture or assemble zero emissions vehicles while offering repair services
to those vehicles throughout the state.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1:

I. Commissioner may issue and renew a certificate of registration to a
franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory
branch as such terms are defined in section four hundred sixty-two of
this title, or to any subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity;
provided, however, that such franchisor, manufacturer, distributor,
distributor branch or factory branch, or any subsidiary, affiliate or

controlled entity thereof

(A) held a certificate of registration as on March twenty-sixth, two
thousand fourteen,

(B) is a manufacturer that manufactures or assembles exclusively zero
emission vehicles, or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity
of such a manufacture, and

(C) holds no more than twenty certificates of registration at any one
time.  II. Shall offer repair service to repair any zero emissions vehi-
cles sold or leased by said franchisor, manufacturer, distributor,
distributor for branch or factory branch, or any subsidiary, affiliate
or controlled entity thereof.

III. Shall maintain at least one certificate of registration in each of
the following regions:

(A) Region one shall consist of Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene,
Orange, Sullivan, Putnam, and Ulster counties;

(B) Region two shall consist of Albany, Clinton, Essex, Franklin,
Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Scho-
harie, Warren, and Washington counties;

(C) Region three shall consist of Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland,
Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego,
St. Lawrence, Tioga, and Tompkins counties;

(D) Region four shall consist of Chemung, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario,
Seneca, Schuyler, Steuben, Wayne, and Yates counties; and

(E) Region five shall consist of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua,
Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming counties.

Section 2:

This act shall take effect immediately.
 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York State is long history of leadership in green and innovative
technology. We as a state aim to ensure that we leave a vibrant planet
for the next generation. The state has set a goal of cutting its 1990
levels of greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030 and by 80
percent by 2050. In 2016, the Clean Energy Standard was adopted to help
achieve these goals. To aid in the effort of promoting action to address
environmental concerns, programs were included in the 2016-2017 New York
State budget to encourage the use of zero-emission vehicles throughout
the state.

This bill aligns with those goals and looks to promote the use of zero-
emission vehicles. The bill will make sure that consumers not only have
access to innovative modes of transportation but they will also be able
to conveniently service these modes of transportation.  This bill will
address the need to have a wider geographic scope where all New Yorkers
can have access to zero-emission vehicles, if they so choose. It is the
goal of this bill to not only provide access to consumers, but to make
sure that New York State remains a leader in innovative technology as we
move towards a 21st century workforce.

While the state supports the dealer-manufacturer structure laid out in
New York State franchise law, flexibility is critical now more than ever
as we begin to respond to new and emerging technologies.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2017-S6600A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6600--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  AMEDORE,  ALCANTARA, AVELLA, HOYLMAN, MARCELLINO,
   PARKER, SERRANO, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when
   printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
   the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
   8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to certificates
   of  registration  for entities that manufacture or assemble zero emis-
   sions vehicles
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iii)  of  paragraph  f of subdivision 7 of
 section 415 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 26  of
 the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph or any
 provision  of  paragraph (bb) of subdivision two of section four hundred
 sixty-three of this title, the commissioner may ISSUE AND renew [any]  A
 certificate  of registration [that was issued] to a franchisor, manufac-
 turer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch, as such  terms
 are  defined  in section four hundred sixty-two of this title, or to any
 subsidiary, affiliate or controlled  entity  thereof[,  prior  to  March
 twenty-sixth, two thousand fourteen]; provided, however, that such fran-
 chisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch,
 or  any  subsidiary,  affiliate or controlled entity thereof, (A) HELD A
 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AS OF MARCH TWENTY-SIXTH, TWO THOUSAND FOUR-
 TEEN, (B) is a manufacturer that manufactures or  assembles  exclusively
 zero  emissions  vehicles,  or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled
 entity of such a manufacturer, AND (C) HOLDS NO MORE THAN TWENTY CERTIF-
 ICATES OF REGISTRATION AT ANY ONE TIME;  and  provided  further  that  a
 controlling interest in such original franchisor, manufacturer, distrib-
 utor,  distributor branch or factory branch or any subsidiary, affiliate
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11779-03-8

 S. 6600--A                          2
 
 or controlled entity was not transferred, sold or  conveyed  to  another
 person  or  entity,  other than to a subsidiary, affiliate or controlled
 entity of such franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch
 or  factory  branch. For purposes of this paragraph, zero emission vehi-
 cles shall have the same meaning as under part two hundred  eighteen  of
 title six of the New York code of rules and regulations.
   (2)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  SECTION  OF LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION TO THE
 CONTRARY, ANY FRANCHISOR, MANUFACTURER, DISTRIBUTOR, DISTRIBUTOR  BRANCH
 OR  FACTORY  BRANCH,  OR  ANY SUBSIDIARY, AFFILIATE OR CONTROLLED ENTITY
 THEREOF THAT OBTAINS A NEW CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO  THIS
 SUBPARAGRAPH  ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CLAUSE SHALL OFFER
 REPAIR SERVICE TO REPAIR ANY ZERO EMISSIONS VEHICLES SOLD OR  LEASED  BY
 SAID  FRANCHISOR,  MANUFACTURER,  DISTRIBUTOR, DISTRIBUTOR BRANCH OR ANY
 FACTORY BRANCH, OR ANY SUBSIDIARY, AFFILIATE OR CONTROLLED ENTITY THERE-
 OF.
   (3) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY SECTION OF LAW, RULE,  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  ANY FRANCHISOR, MANUFACTURER, DISTRIBUTOR, DISTRIBUTOR BRANCH
 OR FACTORY BRANCH, OR ANY SUBSIDIARY,  AFFILIATE  OR  CONTROLLED  ENTITY
 THEREOF  THAT OBTAINS A NEW CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO THIS
 SUBPARAGRAPH ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CLAUSE SHALL  MAIN-
 TAIN  AT  LEAST ONE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
 REGIONS:
   (A) REGION ONE SHALL  CONSIST OF COLUMBIA, DELAWARE, DUTCHESS, GREENE,
 ORANGE, SULLIVAN, PUTNAM, AND ULSTER COUNTIES;
   (B) REGION TWO SHALL CONSIST  OF  ALBANY,  CLINTON,  ESSEX,  FRANKLIN,
 FULTON,  HAMILTON,  MONTGOMERY, RENSSELAER, SARATOGA, SCHENECTADY, SCHO-
 HARIE, WARREN, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES;
   (C) REGION THREE SHALL CONSIST OF BROOME, CAYUGA, CHENANGO,  CORTLAND,
 HERKIMER,  JEFFERSON,  LEWIS, MADISON, ONEIDA, ONONDAGA, OSWEGO, OTSEGO,
 ST. LAWRENCE, TIOGA, AND TOMPKINS COUNTIES;
   (D) REGION FOUR SHALL CONSIST OF CHEMUNG, LIVINGSTON, MONROE, ONTARIO,
 SENECA, SCHUYLER, STEUBEN, WAYNE AND YATES COUNTIES; AND
   (D) REGION FIVE SHALL CONSIST OF  ALLEGANY,  CATTARAUGUS,  CHAUTAUQUA,
 ERIE, GENESEE, NIAGARA, ORLEANS AND WYOMING COUNTIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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2017-S6600 - Details

2017-S6600 - Summary

2017-S6600 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6600 - Bill Text download pdf

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2017-S6600A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S6600A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6600A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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