STATE OF NEW YORK
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3652
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 29, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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
prohibiting certain restrictions on motor vehicle sales
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 19-0323 of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
3 9. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no agency,
4 department, or division of state government, or a municipality, shall
5 regulate or restrict the use or sale of motor vehicles by the public
6 based on the energy source or fuel used to power a motor vehicle,
7 including propulsion or for powering other functions of such motor vehi-
8 cle.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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