STATE OF NEW YORK
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6592--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 27, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO,
MOYA, RAMOS, RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Trans-
portation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to exempting
new electric vehicles, clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the
clean vehicle standards from the fees for the first year of registra-
tion of such vehicles; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding three new
2 sections 107-a, 114-e and 159-a to read as follows:
3 § 107-a. Clean fuel vehicle. Every motor vehicle which qualifies as
4 clean-fuel vehicle property pursuant to subsection (c) of section one
5 hundred seventy-nine-A of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
6 § 114-e. Electric vehicle. Every motor vehicle which is a qualified
7 electric vehicle pursuant to subsection (c) of section thirty of the
8 federal Internal Revenue Code.
9 § 159-a. Vehicle that meets the clean vehicle standards. Every motor
10 vehicle which (a) is certified, as provided for under the provisions of
11 the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. section 7401 et seq., as amended)
12 as meeting exhaust emission standards for super-ultra-low emission vehi-
13 cles which the state of California has adopted (California Code of Regu-
14 lations, Title 13) and is permitted to adopt under 42 U.S.C. section
15 7543, and which other states are permitted to adopt under 42 U.S.C.
16 section 7503, and (b) has a fuel efficiency that is at least one and
17 one-half times the average fuel efficiency for vehicles in its weight
18 class.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph c-1 to read as follows:
3 c-1. The provisions of this subdivision and subdivision seven of this
4 section with respect to the payment of registration fees shall not apply
5 to the first year of registration of any new electric vehicle, clean
6 fuel vehicle or vehicle that meets the clean vehicle standards.
7 § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017 and shall expire Janu-
8 ary 1, 2021 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be
9 deemed repealed.
