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                                   2264
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SOLAGES, BURDICK, SIMON, ROSENTHAL, EPSTEIN,
   COLTON, PAULIN, SEAWRIGHT, SIMONE, STERN, FORREST, LUNSFORD, K. BROWN,
   BLUMENCRANZ -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Environ-
   mental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   increasing sales of zero-emission vehicles

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 19-0306-b of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. A. (I) THE DEPARTMENT, THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  ENERGY  RESEARCH  AND
 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, AND THE DEPART-
 MENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OTHER STATE AGENCIES,
 SHALL REPORT ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE AND ON A
 BI-ANNUAL BASIS THEREAFTER UNTIL  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 THIRTY-THREE, THE STATE'S ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE SALES BY NEW MOTOR VEHI-
 CLE  DEALERS,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE VEHICLE
 AND TRAFFIC LAW, EXCEPT FOR MANUFACTURERS THAT MANUFACTURE  OR  ASSEMBLE
 EXCLUSIVELY  ZERO-EMISSIONS  VEHICLES, OR IS A SUBSIDIARY, AFFILIATE, OR
 CONTROLLED ENTITY OF SUCH A MANUFACTURER, AS  OUTLINED  IN  SUBPARAGRAPH
 (III) OF PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SUCH SECTION.
   (II)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH
 F OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN  OF  THE  VEHICLE
 AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,  IF  THE  DEPARTMENT FINDS IN ITS INITIAL REPORT THAT
 PROJECTIONS OF SALES BY NEW MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS, EXCEPT  FOR  MANUFAC-
 TURERS THAT MANUFACTURE OR ASSEMBLE EXCLUSIVELY ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLES,
 OR  IS  A SUBSIDIARY, AFFILIATE, OR CONTROLLED ENTITY OF SUCH A MANUFAC-
 TURER, FAIL TO SHOW THAT THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT OF VEHICLE SALES  IN  MODEL
 YEAR  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN WILL BE ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES THEN THE
 DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL  ISSUE  UP  TO  TEN  CERTIFICATES  OF
 REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 TRAFFIC  LAW  FOR  ENTITIES  THAT MANUFACTURE OR ASSEMBLE ZERO-EMISSIONS
 VEHICLES AND HAVE NO FRANCHISED MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS IN NEW YORK.
   B.  IF  THE  BI-ANNUAL  REPORT  ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-NINE FINDS PROJECTIONS OF SALES BY  NEW  MOTOR  VEHICLE  DEALERS,
 EXCEPT  FOR MANUFACTURERS THAT MANUFACTURE OR ASSEMBLE EXCLUSIVELY ZERO-
 EMISSIONS VEHICLES, OR IS A SUBSIDIARY, AFFILIATE, OR CONTROLLED  ENTITY
 OF  SUCH  A MANUFACTURER, FAIL TO SHOW THAT SIXTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF SALES
 BY MODEL YEAR TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-ONE WILL  BE  ZERO-EMISSIONS  VEHICLES
 THEN  THE  DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL ISSUE UP TO TEN ADDITIONAL
 CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF
 THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW FOR ENTITIES THAT  MANUFACTURE  OR  ASSEMBLE
 ZERO-EMISSIONS  VEHICLES AND HAVE NO FRANCHISED MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS IN
 NEW YORK.
   C. IF THE BI-ANNUAL REPORT  ON  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 THIRTY-THREE  FINDS  PROJECTIONS  OF SALES BY NEW MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS,
 EXCEPT FOR MANUFACTURERS THAT MANUFACTURE OR ASSEMBLE EXCLUSIVELY  ZERO-
 EMISSIONS  VEHICLES, OR IS A SUBSIDIARY, AFFILIATE, OR CONTROLLED ENTITY
 OF SUCH A MANUFACTURER, FAIL TO SHOW THAT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT  OF  SALES
 BY  MODEL  YEAR  TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-SIX WILL BE ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLES
 THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL ISSUE UP TO  TEN  ADDITIONAL
 CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF
 THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC LAW FOR ENTITIES THAT MANUFACTURE OR ASSEMBLE
 ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLES AND HAVE NO FRANCHISED MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS  IN
 NEW YORK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.