New York A 1895: Relates to the issuance of special license plates and stickers for electric motor vehicles and provides certain benefits for the use of such vehicles

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A01895 Summary:

BILL NOA01895 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORColton

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COSPNSRSteck, Beephan, Cunningham

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §404-a-1, V & T L; add §19-162.6, NYC Ad Cd; add §553-l, Pub Auth L; add Art 7-F, §1 of Chap 154 of 1921

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Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles adopt rules and regulations for the registration of, and issuance of special license plates and stickers for, electric motor vehicles; establishes a period of free parking for electric motor vehicles in a city with a population of one million or more persons; provides for decreased bridge and tunnel tolls for electronic motor vehicles utilizing certain bridges and tunnels in a city with a population of one million or more persons; establishes a period of free parking for electric motor vehicles at certain facilities and provides for decreased bridge and tunnel tolls for electronic motor vehicles utilizing certain bridges and tunnels operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; directs certain entities to coordinate regarding the provision of certain information.

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BILL NOA01895 

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01/14/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1895

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to directing
 the commissioner of motor vehicles to adopt rules and regulations for
 the registration of, and issuance of special license plates and stick-
 ers for, electric motor vehicles; to amend the administrative code of
 the city of New York, in relation to establishing a period of free
 parking for electric motor vehicles in a city with a population of one
 million or more persons; to amend the public authorities law, in
 relation to providing for decreased bridge and tunnel tolls for elec-
 tric motor vehicles utilizing certain bridges and tunnels; to amend
 chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating to the port authority of New
 York and New Jersey, in relation to establishing a period of free
 parking for electric motor vehicles and providing for decreased bridge
 and tunnel tolls for electric motor vehicles utilizing certain bridges
 and tunnels; and directing certain entities to coordinate regarding
 the provision of certain information

 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 404-a-1 to read as follows:
 3 § 404-a-1. Registration of electric motor vehicles. 1. The commission-
 4 er shall adopt rules and regulations for the registration of, and issu-
 5 ance of special identifying license plates for, electric motor vehicles.
 6 Said license plates shall conform to the requirements of section four
 7 hundred one of this article but shall bear distinctive marks to distin-
 8 guish them from number plates to be issued for non-electric motor vehi-
 9 cles qualifying under this chapter.
 10 2. An application for registration under this section shall be filed
 11 with the department in such form and detail as the commissioner shall
 12 prescribe, setting forth such information as the commissioner may

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03916-01-5

 A. 1895 2

 1 reasonably prescribe beyond such information required under section four
 2 hundred one of this article.
 3 3. Registration and application for registration under this section
 4 shall only apply to a motor vehicle subject to registration pursuant to
 5 subdivision six of section four hundred one of this article.
 6 4. The registration and electric motor vehicle plates shall be accom-
 7 panied only by the required fee otherwise required to be paid for vehi-
 8 cle registration.
 9 5. Electric motor vehicle plates issued pursuant to this section shall
 10 be issued for all electric motor vehicles