Provides for the issuance of certificates of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble zero-emissions vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in New York if the sale of zero-emission vehicles in the state fail to meet certain targets.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2264
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, BURDICK, SIMON, ROSENTHAL, EPSTEIN,
COLTON, PAULIN, SEAWRIGHT, SIMONE, STERN, FORREST, LUNSFORD, K. BROWN,
BLUMENCRANZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environ-
mental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
increasing sales of zero-emission vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 19-0306-b of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
3 6. a. (i) The department, the New York state energy research and
4 development authority, the department of motor vehicles, and the depart-
5 ment of transportation, in consultation with the other state agencies,
6 shall report on December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five and on a
7 bi-annual basis thereafter until December thirty-first, two thousand
8 thirty-three, the state's zero-emission vehicle sales by new motor vehi-
9 cle dealers, as defined in section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle
10 and traffic law, except for manufacturers that manufacture or assemble
11 exclusively zero-emissions vehicles, or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or
12 controlled entity of such a manufacturer, as outlined in subparagraph
13 (iii) of paragraph f of subdivision seven of such section.
14 (ii) Notwithstanding any provision of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph
15 f of subdivision seven of section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle
16 and traffic law, if the department finds in its initial report that
17 projections of sales by new motor vehicle dealers, except for manufac-
18 turers that manufacture or assemble exclusively zero-emissions vehicles,
19 or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity of such a manufac-
20 turer, fail to show that thirty-five percent of vehicle sales in model
21 year two thousand twenty-seven will be zero-emission vehicles then the
22 department of motor vehicles shall issue up to ten certificates of
23 registration pursuant to section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 traffic law for entities that manufacture or assemble zero-emissions
2 vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in New York.
3 b. If the bi-annual report on December thirty-first, two thousand
4 twenty-nine finds projections of sales by new motor vehicle dealers,
5 except for manufacturers that manufacture or assemble exclusively zero-
6 emissions vehicles, or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity
7 of such a manufacturer, fail to show that sixty-eight percent of sales
8 by model year two thousand thirty-one will be zero-emissions vehicles
9 then the department of motor vehicles shall issue up to ten additional
10 certificates of registration pursuant to section four hundred fifteen of
11 the vehicle and traffic law for entities that manufacture or assemble
12 zero-emissions vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in
13 New York.
14 c. If the bi-annual report on December thirty-first, two thousand
15 thirty-three finds projections of sales by new motor vehicle dealers,
16 except for manufacturers that manufacture or assemble exclusively zero-
17 emissions vehicles, or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity
18 of such a manufacturer, fail to show that one hundred percent of sales
19 by model year two thousand thirty-six will be zero-emissions vehicles
20 then the department of motor vehicles shall issue up to ten additional
21 certificates of registration pursuant to section four hundred fifteen of
22 the vehicle and traffic law for entities that manufacture or assemble
23 zero-emissions vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in
24 New York.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
