What's happening
This bill allows entities manufacturing or assembling only zero-emissions vehicles to obtain up to twenty registrations if they provide repair services and maintain representation in designated New York regions.
Why it matters
Facilitates expansion of zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) manufacturers. by allowing them to directly obtain up to twenty dealer registrations, which can help new or non-traditional automakers (such as those operating without traditional franchise dealership models) enter and compete in the New York market.
Requires manufacturers to provide repair services for ZEVs they sell or lease. , ensuring customers have reliable access to maintenance and warranty support, which addresses a common concern with new and specialized vehicle brands.
Mandates geographic representation across five designated New York regions. , meaning manufacturers must have at least one registration in each region. This provision aims to prevent service deserts, ensuring broader statewide access to sales and service for consumers outside major metro areas.
Limits eligibility to manufacturers assembling only zero-emissions vehicles. , focusing the impact on supporting the growth of the clean vehicle market, advancing state climate goals, and potentially accelerating the transition away from fossil-fuel-powered vehicles.
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Who cares
Zero-emissions-only manufacturers and their affiliates
Eligible entities that held a registration on March 26, 2014, could obtain new registrations rather than only renew existing ones, subject to a 20-certificate cap and ownership restrictions.
Zero-emission vehicle buyers and lessees
Entities obtaining new registrations under the bill would have to offer repair service for the zero-emission vehicles they sell or lease.
Vehicle shoppers in the five specified regions
Entities obtaining new registrations would have to maintain at least one registration in each region, extending from the Hudson Valley through northern, central and western New York.
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
The bill would authorize the commissioner to issue and renew registrations under the expanded exception and its new conditions.
Headline styles
Register Zero-Emission Vehicle Makers
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
43 Co-sponsors
- Albert A. Stirpe
- Patricia Fahy
- Anthony D'Urso
- Latrice Walker
- Nily Rozic
- Dan Quart
- Fred Thiele
- Linda Rosenthal
- James Skoufis
- Amy Paulin
- Robert C. Carroll
- David Buchwald
- Walter T. Mosley
- Sandy Galef
- Aravella Simotas
- Charles Barron
- William Colton
- Jo Anne Simon
- Inez E. Dickens
- Kevin Cahill
- Barbara Lifton
- Clyde Vanel
- Matthew Titone
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes
- Daniel O'Donnell
- Jaime R. Williams
- Ron Kim
- Tremaine Wright
- Addie Jenne
- Michael Blake
- Felix Ortiz
- Maritza Davila
- N. Nick Perry
- Victor M. Pichardo
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre
- Didi Barrett
- Harvey Epstein
- Kenneth Zebrowski
- Philip Ramos
- Steven Englebright
- Carmen E. Arroyo
- Deborah Glick
- Thomas Abinanti
3 Multi-sponsors
History
- Print number 8248a
- Amend and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Zero Emissions Vehicle Registration Rules
In Senate Committee · Transportation · Sponsor George Amedore
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8248--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 2, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE, STIRPE, FAHY, D'URSO, WALKER, ROZIC, QUART, THIELE, L. ROSENTHAL, SKOUFIS, SEPULVEDA, PAULIN, CARROLL, BUCHWALD, MOSLEY, GALEF, SIMOTAS, BARRON, LUPARDO, COLTON, SIMON, DICKENS, CAHILL, LIFTON, VANEL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ERRI- GO, MONTESANO, SKARTADOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to certificates of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble zero emissions vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, 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 issue and renew [any] a certificate of registration [that was issued] to a franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, 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]; provided, however, that such franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch, or any subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity thereof, (A) held a certificate of registration as of March twenty-sixth, two thousand fourteen, (B) is a manufacturer that manufactures or assembles exclusively zero emissions vehicles, or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity of such a manufacturer, and (C) holds no more than twenty certif-
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icates of registration at any one time; and provided further 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. 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) Notwithstanding any section of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch, or any subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity thereof that obtains a new certificate of registration pursuant to this subparagraph on and after the effective date of this clause shall offer repair service to repair any zero emissions vehicles sold or leased by said franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or any factory branch, or any subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity thereof.
(3) Notwithstanding any section of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch, or any subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity thereof that obtains a new certificate of registration pursuant to this subparagraph on and after the effective date of this clause shall maintain at least one certificate of registration in each of the following regions:
(A) Region one shall consist of Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Sullivan, Putnam, and Ulster counties;
(B) Region two shall consist of Albany, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington counties;
(C) Region three shall consist of Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, St. Lawrence, Tioga, and Tompkins counties;
(D) Region four shall consist of Chemung, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Schuyler, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties; and
(D) Region five shall consist of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming counties.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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