Assembly Bill A4761A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides an exemption for the sale of the first $35,000 of a battery, electric, or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle from state sales and compensating use taxes

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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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2021-A4761 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4476
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1115, 1160 & 1210, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9931
2019-2020: A6434, S3827
2023-2024: A3159, S5455

2021-A4761 - Summary

Provides an exemption for the sale of the first $35,000 for a battery, electric, or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle from state sales and compensating use taxes; authorizes local governments to elect such incentives; repeals the hybrid exemption after ten years.

2021-A4761 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4761
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. FAHY, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, VANEL, DICKENS, ROZIC,
   THIELE, COLTON, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law, in relation to exempting the sale of the
   first thirty-five thousand dollars of a battery, electric, or  plug-in
   hybrid  electric  vehicle from state sales and compensating use taxes,
   and to authorize cities and counties to elect such exemption
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph 46 to read as follows:
   (46) THE RECEIPTS FROM THE FIRST THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS  OF  THE
 RETAIL SALE OF A NEW BATTERY, ELECTRIC, OR PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHI-
 CLE.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH THE TERM "BATTERY, ELECTRIC, OR
 PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE" MEANS A MOTOR VEHICLE,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, THAT:
   (I) HAS FOUR WHEELS;
   (II)  WAS  MANUFACTURED FOR USE PRIMARILY ON PUBLIC STREETS, ROADS AND
 HIGHWAYS;
   (III) THE POWERTRAIN OF WHICH HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED FROM THE  ORIGINAL
 MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS;
   (IV)  IS  RATED  AT  NOT  MORE THAN EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS
 GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT;
   (V) HAS A MAXIMUM SPEED CAPABILITY OF AT LEAST  FIFTY-FIVE  MILES  PER
 HOUR; AND
   (VI)  IS PROPELLED AT LEAST IN PART BY AN ELECTRONIC MOTOR AND ASSOCI-
 ATED POWER ELECTRONICS WHICH PROVIDE ACCELERATION TORQUE  TO  THE  DRIVE
 WHEELS  SOMETIME  DURING  NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION, AND THAT DRAWS ELEC-
 TRICITY FROM A BATTERY THAT:
   (A) HAS A CAPACITY OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR KILOWATT HOURS; AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08165-01-1
              

co-Sponsors

2021-A4761A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4476
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1115, 1160 & 1210, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9931
2019-2020: A6434, S3827
2023-2024: A3159, S5455

2021-A4761A - Summary

Provides an exemption for the sale of the first $35,000 for a battery, electric, or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle from state sales and compensating use taxes; authorizes local governments to elect such incentives; repeals the hybrid exemption after ten years.

2021-A4761A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4761--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. FAHY, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, VANEL, DICKENS, ROZIC,
   THIELE, COLTON, McDONOUGH, GRIFFIN -- read once and  referred  to  the
   Committee  on  Ways  and  Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting the  sale  of  the
   first  thirty-five thousand dollars of a battery, electric, or plug-in
   hybrid electric vehicle from state sales and compensating  use  taxes,
   and to authorize cities and counties to elect such exemption
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph 46 to read as follows:
   (46)  THE  RECEIPTS FROM THE FIRST THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE
 RETAIL SALE OR LEASE OF A NEW BATTERY, ELECTRIC, OR PLUG-IN HYBRID ELEC-
 TRIC VEHICLE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH THE  TERM  "BATTERY,  ELEC-
 TRIC,  OR  PLUG-IN  HYBRID  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE" MEANS A MOTOR VEHICLE, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC
 LAW, THAT:
   (I) HAS FOUR WHEELS;
   (II)  WAS  MANUFACTURED FOR USE PRIMARILY ON PUBLIC STREETS, ROADS AND
 HIGHWAYS;
   (III) THE POWERTRAIN OF WHICH HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED FROM THE  ORIGINAL
 MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS;
   (IV)  IS  RATED  AT  NOT  MORE THAN EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS
 GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT;
   (V) HAS A MAXIMUM SPEED CAPABILITY OF AT LEAST  FIFTY-FIVE  MILES  PER
 HOUR; AND
   (VI)  IS PROPELLED AT LEAST IN PART BY AN ELECTRONIC MOTOR AND ASSOCI-
 ATED POWER ELECTRONICS WHICH PROVIDE ACCELERATION TORQUE  TO  THE  DRIVE
 WHEELS  SOMETIME  DURING  NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION, AND THAT DRAWS ELEC-
 TRICITY FROM A BATTERY THAT:

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

co-Sponsors

2021-A4761B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4476
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1115, 1160 & 1210, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9931
2019-2020: A6434, S3827
2023-2024: A3159, S5455

2021-A4761B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides an exemption for the sale of the first $35,000 for a battery, electric, or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle from state sales and compensating use taxes; authorizes local governments to elect such incentives; repeals the hybrid exemption after ten years.

2021-A4761B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4761--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. FAHY, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, VANEL, DICKENS, ROZIC,
   THIELE, COLTON,  McDONOUGH,  GRIFFIN,  STECK,  LUNSFORD,  ENGLEBRIGHT,
   OTIS,  SILLITTI, ZEBROWSKI, TAYLOR, ZINERMAN -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Ways  and  Means  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and  Means  in  accordance
   with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting the  sale  of  the
   first  thirty-five thousand dollars of a battery, electric, or plug-in
   hybrid electric vehicle from state sales and compensating  use  taxes,
   and to authorize cities and counties to elect such exemption
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph 47 to read as follows:
   (47)  THE  RECEIPTS FROM THE FIRST THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE
 RETAIL SALE OR LEASE OF A NEW OR  USED  BATTERY,  ELECTRIC,  OR  PLUG-IN
 HYBRID  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  THE TERM
 "BATTERY, ELECTRIC, OR PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE"  MEANS  A  MOTOR
 VEHICLE,  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE
 AND TRAFFIC LAW, THAT:
   (I) HAS FOUR WHEELS;
   (II) WAS MANUFACTURED FOR USE PRIMARILY ON PUBLIC STREETS,  ROADS  AND
 HIGHWAYS;
   (III)  THE POWERTRAIN OF WHICH HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED FROM THE ORIGINAL
 MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS;
   (IV) IS RATED AT NOT MORE THAN  EIGHT  THOUSAND  FIVE  HUNDRED  POUNDS
 GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT;
   (V)  HAS  A  MAXIMUM SPEED CAPABILITY OF AT LEAST FIFTY-FIVE MILES PER
 HOUR; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08165-04-2
              

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