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                                   5243
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to certificates
   of  registration  for entities that manufacture or assemble zero emis-
   sions vehicles
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iii)  of  paragraph  f of subdivision 7 of
 section 415 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 26  of
 the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph or any
 provision  of  paragraph (bb) of subdivision two of section four hundred
 sixty-three of this title, the commissioner may ISSUE AND renew [any]  A
 certificate  of registration [that was issued] to a franchisor, manufac-
 turer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch, as such  terms
 are  defined  in section four hundred sixty-two of this title, or to any
 subsidiary, affiliate or controlled  entity  thereof[,  prior  to  March
 twenty-sixth, two thousand fourteen]; provided, however, that such fran-
 chisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch,
 or  any  subsidiary,  affiliate or controlled entity thereof, (A) HELD A
 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AS OF MARCH TWENTY-SIXTH, TWO THOUSAND FOUR-
 TEEN, (B) is a manufacturer that manufactures or  assembles  exclusively
 zero  emissions  vehicles,  or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled
 entity of such a manufacturer, AND (C) HOLDS NO MORE THAN TWENTY CERTIF-
 ICATES OF REGISTRATION AT ANY ONE TIME;  and  provided  further  that  a
 controlling interest in such original franchisor, manufacturer, distrib-
 utor,  distributor branch or factory branch or any subsidiary, affiliate
 or controlled entity was not transferred, sold or  conveyed  to  another
 person  or  entity,  other than to a subsidiary, affiliate or controlled
 entity of such franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch
 or factory branch. For purposes of this paragraph, zero  emission  vehi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 cles  shall  have the same meaning as under part two hundred eighteen of
 title six of the New York code of rules and regulations.
   (2)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  SECTION  OF LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION TO THE
 CONTRARY, ANY FRANCHISOR, MANUFACTURER, DISTRIBUTOR, DISTRIBUTOR  BRANCH
 OR  FACTORY  BRANCH,  OR  ANY SUBSIDIARY, AFFILIATE OR CONTROLLED ENTITY
 THEREOF THAT OBTAINS A NEW CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO  THIS
 SUBPARAGRAPH  ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CLAUSE SHALL OFFER
 REPAIR SERVICE TO REPAIR ANY ZERO EMISSIONS VEHICLES SOLD OR  LEASED  BY
 SAID  FRANCHISOR,  MANUFACTURER,  DISTRIBUTOR, DISTRIBUTOR BRANCH OR ANY
 FACTORY BRANCH, OR ANY SUBSIDIARY, AFFILIATE OR CONTROLLED ENTITY THERE-
 OF.
   (3) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY SECTION OF LAW, RULE,  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  ANY FRANCHISOR, MANUFACTURER, DISTRIBUTOR, DISTRIBUTOR BRANCH
 OR FACTORY BRANCH, OR ANY SUBSIDIARY,  AFFILIATE  OR  CONTROLLED  ENTITY
 THEREOF  THAT OBTAINS A NEW CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO THIS
 SUBPARAGRAPH ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CLAUSE SHALL  MAIN-
 TAIN  AT  LEAST ONE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
 REGIONS:
   (A) REGION ONE SHALL  CONSIST OF COLUMBIA, DELAWARE, DUTCHESS, GREENE,
 ORANGE, SULLIVAN, PUTNAM, AND ULSTER COUNTIES;
   (B) REGION TWO SHALL CONSIST  OF  ALBANY,  CLINTON,  ESSEX,  FRANKLIN,
 FULTON,  HAMILTON,  MONTGOMERY, RENSSELAER, SARATOGA, SCHENECTADY, SCHO-
 HARIE, WARREN, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES;
   (C) REGION THREE SHALL CONSIST OF BROOME, CAYUGA, CHENANGO,  CORTLAND,
 HERKIMER,  JEFFERSON,  LEWIS, MADISON, ONEIDA, ONONDAGA, OSWEGO, OTSEGO,
 ST. LAWRENCE, TIOGA, AND TOMPKINS COUNTIES;
   (D) REGION FOUR SHALL CONSIST OF CHEMUNG, LIVINGSTON, MONROE, ONTARIO,
 SENECA, SCHUYLER, STEUBEN, WAYNE AND YATES COUNTIES; AND
   (E) REGION FIVE SHALL CONSIST OF  ALLEGANY,  CATTARAUGUS,  CHAUTAUQUA,
 ERIE, GENESEE, NIAGARA, ORLEANS AND WYOMING COUNTIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.