New York S 3234: Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to adopt rules and regulations requiring the issuance of special stickers identifying alternative fuel vehicles

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S03234 Summary:

BILL NOS03234 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00264

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §401-c, V & T L

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Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to adopt rules and regulations requiring the issuance and placement of special stickers identifying alternative fuel vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of ten thousand pounds or less; requires such stickers to be easily identifiable to first responders as alternative fuel vehicles; defines alternative fuel.

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BILL NOS03234 

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3234

 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 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:

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 401-c to read as follows:
 3 § 401-c. Alternative fuel stickers. 1. The commissioner shall adopt
 4 rules and regulations requiring the issuance of special stickers identi-
 5 fying alternative fuel vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of ten
 6 thousand pounds or less. Such rules and regulations shall: require
 7 that such stickers shall be affixed to the vehicle's windshield and rear
 8 window and that such stickers shall be easily identifiable to first
 9 responders as an alternative fuel vehicle; require that applications for
 10 motor vehicle registration or re-registration include information
 11 pertaining to whether a vehicle is an alternative fuel vehicle; and
 12 provide that an owner of an alternative fuel vehicle may request such
 13 special stickers upon submission of specific information.
 14 2. Starting January first next succeeding the effective date of this
 15 section, the department shall issue to the owner of an alternative fuel
 16 vehicle having a gross vehicle weight of ten thousand pounds or less two
 17 stickers identifying such vehicle as being an alternative fuel vehicle
 18 at the time of registration or re-registration of such vehicle. The
 19 stickers shall, to the maximum extent possible, be based on SAE Recom-
 20 mended Practice J3108-1. Such stickers may also be requested by the
 21 owner of an alternative fuel vehicle at other times upon the submission
 22 of such information as required by the commissioner.
 23 3. Stickers shall be produced in a size and form suitable for applica-
 24 tion to the vehicle's windshield and rear window and shall be applied by

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01121-01-5

 S. 3234 2

 1 the owner of the vehicle to the front windshield of the vehicle adjacent
 2 to the vehicle's registration sticker in a manner so as to not obstruct
 3 or interfere with the view of the vehicle operator through the windsh-
 4 ield, or to prevent the operator from having a clear and full view of
 5 the road and conditions, or interfere with or cover the vehicle iden-
 6 tification number and to the rear window of the vehicle.
 7 4. For the purposes of this section, "alternative fuel" means: biod-
 8 iesel (B100); natural gas and liquid fuels domestically produced from
 9 natural gas; propane (liquefied petroleum gas); electricity; hydrogen;
 10 blends of eighty-five percent or more of methanol, denatured ethanol,
 11 and other alcohols with gasoline or other fuels; methanol, denatured
 12 ethanol, and other alcohols; coal-derived, domestically produced liquid
 13 fuels; fuels (other than alcohol) derived from biological materials; and
 14 p-series fuels.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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