Provides for the issuance of certificates of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble zero-emissions vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in New York if the sale of zero-emission vehicles in the state fail to meet certain targets.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7767--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
November 27, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted
to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with
Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
increasing sales of zero-emission vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 19-0306-b of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
3 6. a. (i) The department, the New York state energy research and
4 development authority, the department of motor vehicles, and the depart-
5 ment of transportation, in consultation with the other state agencies,
6 shall report on December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four and on a
7 bi-annual basis thereafter until December thirty-first, two thousand
8 thirty-two, the state's zero-emission vehicle sales by new motor vehicle
9 dealers, as defined in section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle and
10 traffic law, except for manufacturers that manufacture or assemble
11 exclusively zero-emissions vehicles, or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or
12 controlled entity of such a manufacturer, as outlined in subparagraph
13 (iii) of paragraph f of subdivision seven of such section.
14 (ii) Notwithstanding any provision of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph
15 f of subdivision seven of section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle
16 and traffic law, if the department finds in its initial report that
17 projections of sales by new motor vehicle dealers, except for manufac-
18 turers that manufacture or assemble exclusively zero-emissions vehicles,
19 or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity of such a manufac-
20 turer, fail to show that thirty-five percent of vehicle sales in model
21 year two thousand twenty-six will be zero-emission vehicles then the
22 department of motor vehicles shall issue up to ten certificates of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 registration pursuant to section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle and
2 traffic law for entities that manufacture or assemble zero-emissions
3 vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in New York.
4 b. If the bi-annual report on December thirty-first, two thousand
5 twenty-eight finds projections of sales by new motor vehicle dealers,
6 except for manufacturers that manufacture or assemble exclusively zero-
7 emissions vehicles, or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity
8 of such a manufacturer, fail to show that sixty-eight percent of sales
9 by model year two thousand thirty will be zero-emissions vehicles then
10 the department of motor vehicles shall issue up to ten additional
11 certificates of registration pursuant to section four hundred fifteen of
12 the vehicle and traffic law for entities that manufacture or assemble
13 zero-emissions vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in
14 New York.
15 c. If the bi-annual report on December thirty-first, two thousand
16 thirty-two finds projections of sales by new motor vehicle dealers,
17 except for manufacturers that manufacture or assemble exclusively zero-
18 emissions vehicles, or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity
19 of such a manufacturer, fail to show that one hundred percent of sales
20 by model year two thousand thirty-five will be zero-emissions vehicles
21 then the department of motor vehicles shall issue up to ten additional
22 certificates of registration pursuant to section four hundred fifteen of
23 the vehicle and traffic law for entities that manufacture or assemble
24 zero-emissions vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in
25 New York.
26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
