Bill Text: NY S05766 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the definition of eligible vehicles for climate smart community projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S05766 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05766-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5766

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 15, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
          definition of eligible vehicles for climate smart community projects

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section
     2  54-1521 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by  section  1
     3  of  part  CCC  of  chapter 55 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    (i) has up to four wheels;
     6    § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 54-1521 of  the  environ-
     7  mental conservation law, as added by section 1 of part CCC of chapter 55
     8  of the laws  of 2021, is amended to read as follows
     9    b.  The  department,  in  consultation  with the New York state energy
    10  research and development authority, shall determine the  amount  of  the
    11  rebate  taking  into consideration the electric range of the vehicle and
    12  the estimated annual greenhouse gas  emissions  reductions  provided  by
    13  that  vehicle  as  compared  to  a  similar  internal  combustion engine
    14  vehicle, provided that a rebate of an eligible  purchase  shall  be  not
    15  less  than  two  thousand  five hundred dollars per vehicle and not more
    16  than [seven] five thousand [five hundred] dollars per vehicle.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05990-01-3