New York A 52: Relates to creating a feebate program for medium and heavy duty vehicles

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A00052 Summary:

BILL NOA00052 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02490

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SPONSORZaccaro

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COSPNSRDavila

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 17-D §§499-e - 499-j, V & T L

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Directs the levy of an efficiency fee or an efficiency rebate based on the MPG or MPGe rating of medium and heavy duty vehicles.

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BILL NOA00052 

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 52

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to a feebate
 program for medium and heavy duty vehicles

 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 article 17-D to read as follows:

 3 ARTICLE 17-D
 4 FEEBATE PROGRAM FOR MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES
 5 Section 499-e. Purpose of article.
 6 499-f. Definitions.
 7 499-g. Application.
 8 499-h. Creation of feebate program.
 9 499-i. Public awareness campaign.
 10 499-j. Annual report.
 11 § 499-e. Purpose of article. There is hereby created a feebate program
 12 in which all covered vehicles are subject to either an efficiency fee or
 13 an efficiency rebate, based upon such covered vehicle's fuel economy.
 14 Such program shall be designed to be revenue neutral and to respond
 15 dynamically to market trends, zero emission or near zero emissions model
 16 availability, actual and projected covered motor vehicle registration
 17 data, and any other such factor the commissioner deems relevant.
 18 § 499-f. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms
 19 shall have the following meanings:
 20 1. "Covered vehicle" or "covered motor vehicle" shall mean all medium
 21 and heavy duty vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater
 22 than ten thousand pounds registered on or after the effective date of
 23 this section.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00519-01-5

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 1 2. "Efficiency fee" shall mean a fee levied upon the owner of a
 2 covered vehicle based on such vehicle's fuel economy pursuant to subdi-
 3 vision two of section four hundred ninety-nine-h of this article.
 4 3. "Efficiency rebate" shall mean a rebate given to the owner of a
 5 covered vehicle based on such vehicle's fuel economy pursuant to subdi-
 6 vision three of section four hundred ninety-nine-h of this article.
 7 4. "Feebate program" shall refer to the system of efficiency fees and
 8 efficiency rebates created in this article.
 9 5. "Fuel economy" shall refer to the number of miles a covered vehicle
 10 can travel using a specific amount of fuel or a combination of fuels, as
 11 reflected in such vehicle's miles per gallon or miles per gallon equiv-
 12 alent.
 13 6. "Gross vehicle weight rating" shall mean the weight of a vehicle
 14 consisting of the unladen weight and the maximum carrying capacity
 15 recommended by the manufacturer of such vehicle.
 16 7. "Miles per gallon" or "MPG" shall refer to the measure of distance
 17 that a covered vehicle running on gasoline or diesel fuel can travel per
 18 gallon of such fuel as rated by the Environmental Protection Agency.
 19 8. "Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent" or "MPGe" shall refer to the
 20 measure of distance that a covered vehicle running on non-liquid fuels
 21 can travel per unit of energy as rated by the Environmental Protection
 22 Agency.
 23 9. "Revenue neutrality" or "revenue neutral" shall mean a goal that
 24 the efficiency fees described in subdivision two of section four hundred
 25 ninety-nine-h of this article cover the cost of the efficiency rebates
 26 described in subdivision three of such section.
 27 10. "Near zero emissions" shall mean a vehicle that uses zero emission
 28 technologies or technologies that provide a pathway to zero emission
 29 oper