S 8067: Provides that a vehicle or a combination of vehicles operated by an engine fueled primarily by means of natural gas, propane gas, or hydrogen or powered primarily by means of electric battery power may exceed certain weight limits by up to two thousand pounds.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8067 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 15, 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 increasing weight limits for vehicles powered primarily by electric battery power and other fuels The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 385 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 13-a to read as follows: 3 13-a. A vehicle or combination of vehicles operated by an engine 4 fueled primarily by means of natural gas, propane gas, or hydrogen or 5 powered primarily by means of electric battery power may exceed the 6 weight limitations provided for in subdivisions seven, eight, nine, ten, 7 eleven and twelve of this section by up to two thousand pounds. Nothing 8 in this subdivision shall allow a vehicle to exceed any posted capacity 9 on a highway or structure as provided in subdivision fourteen of this 10 section. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11665-01-5