Bill Text: NY S02932 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-20 - referred to transportation [S02932 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2932
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 18, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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:
     1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding three  new
     2  sections 107-a, 114-e and 159-b to read as follows:
     3    §  107-a.   Clean fuel vehicle. Every motor vehicle which qualifies as
     4  clean-fuel vehicle property pursuant to subsection (c)  of  section  one
     5  hundred seventy-nine-A of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
     6    §  114-e.  Electric  vehicle. Every motor vehicle which is a qualified
     7  electric vehicle pursuant to subsection (c) of  section  thirty  of  the
     8  federal Internal Revenue Code.
     9    §  159-b. Vehicle that meets the clean vehicle standards.  Every motor
    10  vehicle which (a) is certified, as provided for under the provisions  of
    11  the  federal  Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. section 7401 et seq., as amended)
    12  as meeting exhaust emission standards for super-ultra-low emission vehi-
    13  cles which the state of California has adopted (California Code of Regu-
    14  lations, Title 13) and is permitted to adopt  under  42  U.S.C.  section
    15  7543,  and  which  other  states  are permitted to adopt under 42 U.S.C.
    16  section 7503, and (b) has a fuel efficiency that is  at  least  one  and
    17  one-half  times  the  average fuel efficiency for vehicles in its weight
    18  class.
    19    § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 401 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  is
    20  amended by adding a new paragraph c-1 to read as follows:
    21    c-1.  The provisions of this subdivision and subdivision seven of this
    22  section with respect to the payment of registration fees shall not apply
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  to the first year of registration of any  new  electric  vehicle,  clean
     2  fuel vehicle or vehicle that meets the clean vehicle standards.
     3    § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2018 and shall expire Janu-
     4  ary  1,  2022  when  upon  such date the provisions of this act shall be
     5  deemed repealed.