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Assembly Bill A9139

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the New York traffic reduction act

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2025-A9139 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §224-b, V & T L

2025-A9139 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish and administer a program authorizing eligible vehicles to operate in designated high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, notwithstanding vehicle occupancy.

2025-A9139 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9139
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KASSAY, SCHIAVONI, O'PHARROW, STERN, LAVINE,
   GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to enacting the
   "New York traffic reduction act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "New York traffic reduction act".
   § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 224-b to read as follows:
   §  224-B.    ESTABLISHMENT  OF THE NEW YORK CLEAN PASS PROGRAM. 1. THE
 COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 TRANSPORTATION, SHALL ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER A PROGRAM TO BE KNOWN  AS
 THE  "NEW  YORK  CLEAN  PASS  PROGRAM", AUTHORIZING ELIGIBLE VEHICLES TO
 OPERATE IN DESIGNATED HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE (HOV) LANES,  NOTWITHSTAND-
 ING VEHICLE OCCUPANCY.
   2.  VEHICLES ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION SHALL INCLUDE THOSE CLASSIFIED
 AS LOW-EMISSION, ENERGY-EFFICIENT, PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC,  OR  BATTERY
 ELECTRIC  VEHICLES,  CONSISTENT WITH CRITERIA ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO 23
 U.S.C § 166 AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED THEREAFTER. THE COMMISSIONER MAY  BY
 REGULATION  UPDATE  ELIGIBILITY  CRITERIA  TO REFLECT CHANGES IN FEDERAL
 LAW, ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY, OR UPDATED EMISSIONS STANDARDS.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE PERMITS, DECALS, OR OTHER INDICIA  FOR
 ELIGIBLE  VEHICLES,  AND MAY PRESCRIBE AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND FEE TO
 COVER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
   (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL RETAIN AUTONOMY TO ESTABLISH,  MODIFY,  AND
 ENFORCE PROGRAM RULES CONSISTENT WITH THIS SECTION.
   (B)  FEES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE
 DEDICATED HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE TRUST FUND.
   4. (A) THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF MOTOR VEHICLES, MAY DESIGNATE STATE-MAINTAINED ROADWAYS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13818-03-5
              

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