Provides that a vehicle or a combination of vehicles operated by an engine fueled primarily by means of natural gas, propane gas, or hydrogen or powered primarily by means of electric battery power may exceed certain weight limits by up to two thousand pounds.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8017
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 22, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
weight limits for vehicles powered primarily by electric battery power
and other fuels
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 385 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 13-a to read as follows:
3 13-a. A vehicle or combination of vehicles operated by an engine
4 fueled primarily by means of natural gas, propane gas, or hydrogen or
5 powered primarily by means of electric battery power may exceed the
6 weight limitations provided for in subdivisions seven, eight, nine, ten,
7 eleven and twelve of this section by up to two thousand pounds. Nothing
8 in this subdivision shall allow a vehicle to exceed any posted capacity
9 on a highway or structure as provided in subdivision fourteen of this
10 section.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11665-01-5
