STATE OF NEW YORK
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2354
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 16, 2025
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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.
LBD06424-01-5
