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                                   10698
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 28, 2024
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 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cunningham)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
   a reimbursement program encouraging persons  to  scrap  such  person's
   petroleum or diesel motor vehicle to purchase a zero emission or elec-
   tric motor vehicle

   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  a  new
 section 224-b to read as follows:
   §  224-B.  ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SCRAP FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAM. 1.
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ELIGIBLE VEHICLE" MEANS AND  INCLUDES
 A NEW MOTOR VEHICLE THAT:
   (A) HAS FOUR WHEELS;
   (B)  WAS  MANUFACTURED  FOR USE PRIMARILY ON PUBLIC STREETS, ROADS AND
 HIGHWAYS;
   (C) THE POWERTRAIN OF WHICH HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED  FROM  THE  ORIGINAL
 MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS;
   (D) IS RATED AT NOT MORE THAN EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS GROSS
 VEHICLE WEIGHT; AND
   (E)  IS PROPELLED AT LEAST IN PART BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ASSOCIATED
 POWER ELECTRONICS WHICH PROVIDE ACCELERATION TORQUE TO THE DRIVE  WHEELS
 SOMETIME  DURING  NORMAL  VEHICLE  OPERATION, AND THAT DRAWS ELECTRICITY
 FROM A HYDROGEN FUEL CELL OR FROM A BATTERY THAT:
   (I) HAS A CAPACITY OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR KILOWATT HOURS; AND
   (II) IS CAPABLE OF BEING RECHARGED FROM AN EXTERNAL  SOURCE  OF  ELEC-
 TRICITY.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  DEVELOP  A PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE PERSONS TO
 SCRAP SUCH PERSON'S PETROLEUM OR DIESEL MOTOR VEHICLE TO PURCHASE A ZERO
 EMISSION OR ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLE. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE A  REBATE
 FOR PURCHASING SUCH ELIGIBLE VEHICLE PROVIDED THAT A REBATE FOR PURCHAS-
 ING SUCH ELIGIBLE VEHICLE SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   3.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  DETERMINE  AND  ESTABLISH  THE FORMS TO BE
 REQUIRED TO CLAIM A REBATE, THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION FOR  ESTABLISHING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ELIGIBILITY  FOR  A  REBATE, AND ANY OTHER PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES FOR
 CLAIMING A REBATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act  on  its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 date.