Bill Text: NY A10019 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to providing discounted rates for transportation network vehicles that are electric, hydrogen fuel cell, or hybrid electric, where tolls, fares, fees or other charges are implemented to raise revenue for public transit systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-07 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A10019 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10019-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10019
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 7, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FAHY, MORELLE, ENGLEBRIGHT, BRINDISI, VANEL,
          McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Corporations,
          Authorities and Commissions
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to providing
          discounted congestion charge rates for certain transportation  network
          company vehicles
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 2858 to read as follows:
     3    §  2858.  Discounted  rates for certain transportation network company
     4  vehicles.  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary,
     5  if any authority shall implement any tolls, fares, fees or other charges
     6  for the purpose of raising revenues for  public  transit  systems,  such
     7  tolls,  fares,  fees  or other charges shall be reduced by the following
     8  amounts for the following types of vehicles for  transportation  network
     9  companies:
    10    a.  for  an  electric  or  hydrogen fuel cell vehicle the rate of such
    11  tolls, fares, fees or other charges shall be one-half of the rate estab-
    12  lished to raise revenue; and
    13    b. for a hybrid electric vehicle the rate of such tolls,  fares,  fees
    14  or other charges shall be three-fourths of the rate established to raise
    15  revenue.
    16    2. For the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the
    17  following meanings:
    18    a.  The  term  "electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicle" shall mean and
    19  include a motor vehicle that:
    20    (i) has four wheels;
    21    (ii) was manufactured for use primarily on public streets,  roads  and
    22  highways;
    23    (iii)  the powertrain of which has not been modified from the original
    24  manufacturer's specifications;
    25    (iv) is rated at not more than  eight  thousand  five  hundred  pounds
    26  gross vehicle weight;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (v)  has  a  maximum speed capability of at least fifty-five miles per
     2  hour; and
     3    (vi) is propelled at least in part by an electric motor and associated
     4  power  electronics which provide acceleration torque to the drive wheels
     5  sometime during normal vehicle operations, and  that  draws  electricity
     6  from a hydrogen fuel cell or from a battery that:
     7    (A) has a capacity of not less than four kilowatt hours; and
     8    (B) is capable of being recharged from an external source of electric-
     9  ity.
    10    b. The term "hybrid electric vehicle" shall mean and include a commer-
    11  cially  available  mass  production motor vehicle originally equipped by
    12  the manufacturer with a combustion engine system and electric propulsion
    13  system that operate in an integrated manner.
    14    c. The term "transportation network company" shall have the same mean-
    15  ing as subdivision one of section  sixteen  hundred  ninety-one  of  the
    16  vehicle and traffic law.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.