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                                   7941
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 16, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- 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 and have no franchised motor  vehicle  dealers  in  New
   York

   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 [renew any certificate
 of registration that was issued to a franchisor, manufacturer, distribu-
 tor, 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;] ISSUE UP TO FIVE TOTAL CERTIFICATES OF  REGISTRATION
 TO  FRANCHISORS,  MANUFACTURERS,  DISTRIBUTORS,  DISTRIBUTOR BRANCHES OR
 FACTORY BRANCHES, AS SUCH TERMS ARE  DEFINED  BY  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED
 SIXTY-TWO   OF  THIS  TITLE,  OR  TO  ANY  SUBSIDIARIES,  AFFILIATES  OR
 CONTROLLED ENTITIES THEREOF, provided, however, that:
   (A) such [franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or
 factory branch, or any subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity there-
 of, is a manufacturer that manufactures or  assembles  exclusively  zero
 emissions  vehicles, or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity
 of  such  a  manufacturer]  FRANCHISORS,  MANUFACTURERS,   DISTRIBUTORS,
 DISTRIBUTOR  BRANCHES  OR  FACTORY BRANCHES, OR ANY SUBSIDIARIES, AFFIL-
 IATES OR CONTROLLED ENTITIES THEREOF, ARE MANUFACTURERS THAT MANUFACTURE
 OR ASSEMBLE EXCLUSIVELY ZERO EMISSIONS VEHICLES,  OR  ARE  SUBSIDIARIES,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 AFFILIATES,  OR CONTROLLED ENTITIES OF SUCH MANUFACTURERS; and [provided
 further]
   (B)  IN  THE  CASE  OF  RENEWAL,  that  a controlling interest in such
 original [franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, 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]  FRAN-
 CHISORS,  MANUFACTURERS,  DISTRIBUTORS,  DISTRIBUTOR BRANCHES OR FACTORY
 BRANCHES OR ANY SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES OR CONTROLLED ENTITIES WERE NOT
 TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR CONVEYED TO ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY, OTHER THAN TO
 A SUBSIDIARY,  AFFILIATE  OR  CONTROLLED  ENTITY  OF  SUCH  FRANCHISORS,
 MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, DISTRIBUTOR BRANCHES OR FACTORY BRANCHES.
   (2)  PRIOR  TO  JULY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL CONSIDER FOR RENEWAL ALL CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION ISSUED UNDER
 CLAUSE ONE OF SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS  PARAGRAPH.  ANY  SUCH  CERTIF-
 ICATES OF REGISTRATION ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-FIVE,  SHALL  NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR RENEWAL. THE COMMISSIONER MAY ISSUE
 UP TO FIVE CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION TO ENTITIES DEFINED UNDER CLAUSE
 ONE OF SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS  PARAGRAPH,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
 SUCH ENTITIES HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRA-
 TION PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE.
   (3)  For  purposes  of  this paragraph, "zero emission vehicles" shall
 have the same meaning as under part two hundred eighteen of title six of
 the New York code of rules and regulations.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.