Relates to providing discounted congestion charge rates for electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles; electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles shall be charged one-third of the rate established to reduce congestion.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7361
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 26, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing
discounted congestion charge rates for electric or hydrogen fuel cell
vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
2 section 2858 to read as follows:
3 § 2858. Discounted rates for electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles;
4 congestion pricing. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the
5 contrary, if any authority shall implement any tolls, fares, fees or
6 other charges for the purpose of traffic congestion reduction, such
7 tolls, fares, fees or other charges shall be one-third of the rate
8 established for an electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.
9 2. For the purposes of this section the term "electric or hydrogen
10 fuel cell vehicle" shall mean and include a motor vehicle that:
11 a. has four wheels;
12 b. was manufactured for use primarily on public streets, roads and
13 highways;
14 c. the powertrain of which has not been modified from the original
15 manufacturer's specifications;
16 d. is rated at not more than eight thousand five hundred pounds gross
17 vehicle weight;
18 e. has a maximum speed capability of at least fifty-five miles per
19 hour; and
20 f. is propelled at least in part by an electric motor and associated
21 power electronics which provide acceleration torque to the drive wheels
22 sometime during normal vehicle operations, and that draws electricity
23 from a hydrogen fuel cell or from a battery that:
24 (i) has a capacity of not less than four kilowatt hours; and
25 (ii) is capable of being recharged from an external source of elec-
26 tricity.
27 § 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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