S 3292: Exempts new clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the clean vehicle standards from the first year of registration fees.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3292 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 24, 2025 ___________ 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: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding two new 2 sections 107-a and 159-b to read as follows: 3 § 107-a. Clean fuel vehicle. Every motor vehicle which is four- 4 wheeled, has a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than eight thou- 5 sand five hundred pounds, has a maximum speed of at least fifty-five 6 miles per hour, and can be propelled at least in part by an electric 7 motor and associated power electronics that draws electricity for a 8 hydrogen fuel cell or from a battery that has a battery capacity of at 9 least four kilowatt-hours, and is capable of being charged from an 10 external source of electricity. 11 § 159-b. Vehicle that meets the clean vehicle standards. Every motor 12 vehicle which (a) is certified, as provided for under the provisions of 13 the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. section 7401 et seq., as amended) 14 as meeting exhaust emission standards for super-ultra-low emission vehi- 15 cles which the state of California has adopted (California Code of Regu- 16 lations, Title 13) and is permitted to adopt under 42 U.S.C. section 17 7543, and which other states are permitted to adopt under 42 U.S.C. 18 sections 7503 and 7507, and (b) has a fuel efficiency that is at least 19 one and one-half times the average fuel efficiency for vehicles in its 20 weight class. 21 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is 22 amended by adding a new paragraph c-1 to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01125-01-5 
 S. 3292 2 1 c-1. The provisions of this subdivision and subdivision seven of this 2 section with respect to the payment of registration fees shall not apply 3 to the first year of registration of any new clean fuel vehicle, vehicle 4 that meets the clean vehicle standards or any passenger motor vehicle 5 operated entirely by electricity not generated by an engine contained 6 therein. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026 and shall expire Janu- 8 ary 1, 2030 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be 9 deemed repealed.