New York S 6894: Relates to certificates of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble zero emissions vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in New York

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S06894 Summary:

BILL NOS06894 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07941

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SPONSORFAHY

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COSPNSRMAYER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §415, V & T L

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Limits the number of certificates of registration that may be issued by the commissioner of motor vehicles to five total; provides that certificates issued prior to 1/1/25 shall not be eligible for renewal.

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BILL NOS06894 

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03/26/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6894

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 26, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- 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 certificates
 of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble zero emis-
 sions vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in New
 York

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph f of subdivision 7 of
 2 section 415 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 26 of
 3 the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (iii) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph or any
 5 provision of paragraph (bb) of subdivision two of section four hundred
 6 sixty-three of this title, the commissioner may [renew any certificate
 7 of registration that was issued to a franchisor, manufacturer, distribu-
 8 tor, distributor branch or factory branch, as such terms are defined in
 9 section four hundred sixty-two of this title, or to any subsidiary,
 10 affiliate or controlled entity thereof, prior to March twenty-sixth, two
 11 thousand fourteen;] issue up to five total certificates of registration
 12 to franchisors, manufacturers, distributors, distributor branches or
 13 factory branches, as such terms are defined by section four hundred
 14 sixty-two of this title, or to any subsidiaries, affiliates or
 15 controlled entities thereof, provided, however, that:
 16 (A) such [franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or
 17 factory branch, or any subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity there-
 18 of, is a manufacturer that manufactures or assembles exclusively zero
 19 emissions vehicles, or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity
 20 of such a manufacturer] franchisors, manufacturers, distributors,
 21 distributor branches or factory branches, or any subsidiaries, affil-
 22 iates or controlled entities thereof, are manufacturers that manufacture
 23 or assemble exclusively zero emissions vehicles, or are subsidiaries,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10900-02-5

 S. 6894 2

 1 affiliates, or controlled entities of such manufacturers; and [provided
 2 further]
 3 (B) in the case of renewal, that a controlling interest in such
 4 original [franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or
 5 factory branch or any subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity was not
 6 transferred, sold or conveyed to another person or entity, other than to
 7 a subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity of such franchisor,
 8 manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch] fran-
 9 chisors, manufacturers, distributors, distributor branches or factory
 10 branches or any subsidiaries, affiliates or controlled entities were not
 11 transferred, sold or conveyed to another person or entity, other than to
 12 a subsidiary, affiliate or controlled entity of such franchisors,
 13 manufacturers, distributors, distributor branches or factory branches.
 14 (2) Prior to July first, two thousand twenty-six, the commissioner
 15 shall consider for renewal all certificates of registration issued under
 16 clause one of subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph. Any such certif-
 17 icates of registration issued prior to January first, two thousand twen-
 18 ty-five, shall not be eligible for renewal. The commissioner may issue
 19 up to f