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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   the issuance of special stickers for alternative fuel vehicles  having
   a gross vehicle weight of ten thousand pounds or less

   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 401-c to read as follows:
   §  401-C.  ALTERNATIVE FUEL STICKERS.  1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT
 RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL STICKERS IDENTI-
 FYING ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES HAVING A GROSS  VEHICLE  WEIGHT  OF  TEN
 THOUSAND  POUNDS  OR  LESS.   SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL:  REQUIRE
 THAT SUCH STICKERS SHALL BE AFFIXED TO THE VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD AND REAR
 WINDOW AND THAT SUCH STICKERS SHALL  BE  EASILY  IDENTIFIABLE  TO  FIRST
 RESPONDERS AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE; REQUIRE THAT APPLICATIONS FOR
 MOTOR   VEHICLE  REGISTRATION  OR  RE-REGISTRATION  INCLUDE  INFORMATION
 PERTAINING TO WHETHER A VEHICLE IS  AN  ALTERNATIVE  FUEL  VEHICLE;  AND
 PROVIDE  THAT  AN  OWNER OF AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE MAY REQUEST SUCH
 SPECIAL STICKERS UPON SUBMISSION OF SPECIFIC INFORMATION.
   2. STARTING JANUARY FIRST NEXT SUCCEEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE TO THE OWNER OF AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL
 VEHICLE HAVING A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT OF TEN THOUSAND POUNDS OR LESS TWO
 STICKERS IDENTIFYING SUCH VEHICLE AS BEING AN ALTERNATIVE  FUEL  VEHICLE
 AT  THE  TIME  OF  REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION OF SUCH VEHICLE.  THE
 STICKERS SHALL, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE, BE BASED ON  SAE  RECOM-
 MENDED  PRACTICE  J3108-1.    SUCH STICKERS MAY ALSO BE REQUESTED BY THE
 OWNER OF AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE AT OTHER TIMES UPON THE  SUBMISSION
 OF SUCH INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   3. STICKERS SHALL BE PRODUCED IN A SIZE AND FORM SUITABLE FOR APPLICA-
 TION TO THE VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD AND REAR WINDOW AND SHALL BE APPLIED BY
 THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE TO THE FRONT WINDSHIELD OF THE VEHICLE ADJACENT
 TO  THE VEHICLE'S REGISTRATION STICKER IN A MANNER SO AS TO NOT OBSTRUCT
 OR  INTERFERE  WITH THE VIEW OF THE VEHICLE OPERATOR THROUGH THE WINDSH-
 IELD, OR TO PREVENT THE OPERATOR FROM HAVING A CLEAR AND  FULL  VIEW  OF
 THE  ROAD  AND  CONDITIONS, OR INTERFERE WITH OR COVER THE VEHICLE IDEN-
 TIFICATION NUMBER AND TO THE REAR WINDOW OF THE VEHICLE.
   4. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ALTERNATIVE FUEL" MEANS:   BIOD-
 IESEL  (B100);  NATURAL  GAS AND LIQUID FUELS DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED FROM
 NATURAL GAS; PROPANE (LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS);  ELECTRICITY;  HYDROGEN;
 BLENDS  OF  EIGHTY-FIVE  PERCENT OR MORE OF METHANOL, DENATURED ETHANOL,
 AND OTHER ALCOHOLS WITH GASOLINE OR  OTHER  FUELS;  METHANOL,  DENATURED
 ETHANOL,  AND OTHER ALCOHOLS; COAL-DERIVED, DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED LIQUID
 FUELS; FUELS (OTHER THAN ALCOHOL) DERIVED FROM BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; AND
 P-SERIES FUELS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.