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                                  6854--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO,
   RAMOS, RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Transportation  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to exempting
   new clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the clean vehicle stan-
   dards from the fees for the first year of registration of  such  vehi-
   cles;  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:
 
   Section  1.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding two new
 sections 107-a and 159-b to read as follows:
   § 107-A.   CLEAN FUEL VEHICLE. EVERY  MOTOR  VEHICLE  WHICH  IS  FOUR-
 WHEELED,  HAS A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING OF NOT MORE THAN EIGHT THOU-
 SAND FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS, HAS A MAXIMUM SPEED  OF  AT  LEAST  FIFTY-FIVE
 MILES  PER  HOUR,  AND  CAN BE PROPELLED AT LEAST IN PART BY AN ELECTRIC
 MOTOR AND ASSOCIATED POWER ELECTRONICS  THAT  DRAWS  ELECTRICITY  FOR  A
 HYDROGEN  FUEL  CELL OR FROM A BATTERY THAT HAS A BATTERY CAPACITY OF AT
 LEAST FOUR KILOWATT-HOURS, AND IS  CAPABLE  OF  BEING  CHARGED  FROM  AN
 EXTERNAL SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY.
   §  159-B. VEHICLE THAT MEETS THE CLEAN VEHICLE STANDARDS.  EVERY MOTOR
 VEHICLE WHICH (A) IS CERTIFIED, AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE PROVISIONS  OF
 THE  FEDERAL  CLEAN AIR ACT (42 U.S.C. SECTION 7401 ET SEQ., AS AMENDED)
 AS MEETING EXHAUST EMISSION STANDARDS FOR SUPER-ULTRA-LOW EMISSION VEHI-
 CLES WHICH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS ADOPTED (CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGU-
 LATIONS, TITLE 13) AND IS PERMITTED TO ADOPT  UNDER  42  U.S.C.  SECTION
 7543,  AND  WHICH  OTHER  STATES  ARE PERMITTED TO ADOPT UNDER 42 U.S.C.
 SECTIONS 7503 AND 7507, AND (B) HAS A FUEL EFFICIENCY THAT IS  AT  LEAST
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ONE  AND  ONE-HALF TIMES THE AVERAGE FUEL EFFICIENCY FOR VEHICLES IN ITS
 WEIGHT CLASS.
   §  2.  Subdivision  6 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph c-1 to read as follows:
   C-1. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF  THIS
 SECTION WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF REGISTRATION FEES SHALL NOT APPLY
 TO THE FIRST YEAR OF REGISTRATION OF ANY NEW CLEAN FUEL VEHICLE, VEHICLE
 THAT  MEETS  THE  CLEAN VEHICLE STANDARDS OR ANY PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE
 OPERATED ENTIRELY BY ELECTRICITY NOT GENERATED BY  AN  ENGINE  CONTAINED
 THEREIN.
   § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019 and shall expire Janu-
 ary  1,  2023  when  upon  such date the provisions of this act shall be
 deemed repealed.