NY State Senate Bill 2023-S9491

Senate Bill S9491

2023-2024 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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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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May 16, 2024	referred to transportation

2023-S9491 (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
2019-2020: S241
2021-2022: S5087

2023-S9491 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-S9491 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9491

SPONSOR: COONEY
 
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 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:

2015-2017: Referred to transportation

2017-18: S.2932 (Dilan)/A.6854A Crespo

2019-2020: S241A

2021-22: S.5087

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect January 1, 2024 and shall expire January 1,
2028

2023-S9491 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9491
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- 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.
   §  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD09344-02-4
 S. 9491                             2
 
 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, 2025 and shall expire Janu-
 ary  1,  2029  when  upon  such date the provisions of this act shall be
 deemed repealed.

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