NY State Senate Bill 2019-S241

Senate Bill S241

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Exempts new clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the clean vehicle standards from first year of registration fees

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Jan 15, 2020	print number 241a
Jan 15, 2020	amend and recommit to transportation
Jan 08, 2020	referred to transportation
Jan 09, 2019	referred to transportation

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2019-S241 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§107-a & 159-b, amd §401, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S3565
2015-2016: S2292
2017-2018: S2932
2021-2022: S5087
2023-2024: S5705, S9491

2019-S241 - Summary

Exempts new clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the clean vehicle standards from the first year of registration fees.

2019-S241 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S241

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to exempting new clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the
clean vehicle standards from the fees for the first year of registration
of such vehicles; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of the bill would be to expand New York State tax credits
for alternative fuel vehicles to include vehicles that meet the clean
vehicle standards. It would broaden the types of vehicle technologies
that would qualify for waiving registration fees.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new provision defining a clean fuel vehicle, vehicle
that meets the clean vehicle standards.

§ 2. Extends free registration to clean fuel vehicles.

Section 3 sets the effective and repeal dates.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Current transportation technologies cause over 50% of urban air
pollution, produce 30% of greenhouse gases, and are the second largest
source of CO2 in the US. Research shows that exposure to automobile and
truck emissions can be linked to increased emergency room visits,
increased hospital admissions and play a factor in the intensity and
frequency of asthma attacks, therefore contributing to overall health
care costs.

There is an urgent need for cleaner fuel vehicles. The development of
cleaner and more efficient vehicle technologies has been on the fore-
front of many agendas. Car manufacturers are trying to satisfy the
demands of the Federal Government by producing vehicles that can meet
the new emission standards. The next step is in gaining the public's
awareness that the cleaner vehicles are on the market and there are
positive benefits of owning one. One way of gaining the public's inter-
est in buying clean-fuel vehicles is by adding incentives for their
purchase. By giving a break on registration fees to owners of clean fuel
vehicles, it would provide one such incentive for the public. It would
also help lower the health risks linked to vehicle emissions, and the
costs of the healthcare associated with those risks.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S.2932 (Dilan)/A.6854A Crespo
2015-2017: Referred to transportation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None noted

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect January 1, 2020

2019-S241 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    241
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 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
 ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE AVERAGE FUEL EFFICIENCY FOR VEHICLES  IN  ITS
 WEIGHT CLASS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD05523-01-9

 S. 241                              2
 
   §  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, 2020 and shall expire Janu-
 ary 1, 2024 when upon such date the provisions  of  this  act  shall  be
 deemed repealed.

2019-S241A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§107-a & 159-b, amd §401, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S3565
2015-2016: S2292
2017-2018: S2932
2021-2022: S5087
2023-2024: S5705, S9491

2019-S241A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts new clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the clean vehicle standards from the first year of registration fees.

2019-S241A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S241A

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to exempting
new clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the clean vehicle stand-
ards from the fees for the first year of registration of such vehicles;
and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of the bill would be to expand New York State tax credits
for alternative fuel vehicles to include vehicles that meet the clean
vehicle standards. It would broaden the types of vehicle technologies
that would qualify for waiving registration fees.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new provision defining a clean fuel vehicle, vehicle
that meets the clean vehicle standards.

§ 2. Extends, free registration to clean fuel vehicles. Section 3 sets
the effective and repeal dates.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Current transportation technologies cause over 502 of urban air
pollution, produce 30% of greenhouse gases, and are the second largest
source of CO2 in the US. Research shows that exposure to automobile and
truck emissions can be linked to increased emergency room visits,
increased hospital admissions and play a factor in the intensity and
frequency of asthma attacks, therefore contributing to overall health
care costs.

There is an urgent need for cleaner fuel vehicles. The development of
cleaner and more efficient vehicle technologies has been on the fore-
front of many agendas. Car manufacturers are trying to satisfy the
demands of the Federal Government by producing vehicles that can meet
the new emission standards. The next step is in gaining the public's
awareness that the cleaner vehicles are on the market and there are
positive benefits of owning one. One way of gaining the public's inter-
est in buying clean-fuel vehicles is by adding incentives for their
purchase. By giving a break on registration fees to owner 8 of clean
fuel vehicles, it would provide one such incentive for the public. It
would also help lower the health risks linked to vehicle emissions, and
the costs of the healthcare associated with those risks.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S.2932 (Dilan)/A.6854A Crespo
2015-2017: Referred to transportation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None noted

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect January 1, 2021

2019-S241A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  241--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
   mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation 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 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.
                                                            LBD05523-02-0

 S. 241--A                           2
 
 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, 2021 and shall expire Janu-
 ary  1,  2025  when  upon  such date the provisions of this act shall be
 deemed repealed.

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