New York S 2032: Establishes the previously owned zero-emission vehicles rebate program

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S02032 Summary:

BILL NOS02032A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00349-A

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, JACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1887, Pub Auth L

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Establishes the previously owned zero-emission vehicles rebate program to provide an incentive of an amount up to $2,000 for individuals who purchase used or previously owned zero-emission vehicles.

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BILL NOS02032A

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/27/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.752

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/09/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/09/2026PRINT NUMBER 2032A

02/24/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2032--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, COMRIE, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy
 and Telecommunications -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy and
 Telecommunications in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- commit-
 tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
 mitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
 the zero-emission vehicles rebate program; and providing for the
 repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 1887 to read as follows:
 3 § 1887. Previously owned zero-emission vehicles rebate program. 1.
 4 There is hereby created within the authority a zero-emission vehicles
 5 rebate program. The purpose of the program is to reduce greenhouse gas
 6 emissions, improve air quality, and reduce noise pollution by promoting
 7 the adoption of quieter, zero-emission vehicles.
 8 2. As used in this section:
 9 (a) "Institutional or commercial applicant" shall mean a commercial
 10 business, or a state agency, state authority, local authority, town,
 11 county, village, school district, private school, university, not-for-
 12 profit corporation, or other nonprofit organization.
 13 (b) "Individual applicant" shall mean a person, who is not an institu-
 14 tional or commercial applicant, and who intends to use an eligible zero-
 15 emission vehicle for private home use and not for any commercial
 16 purposes.
 17 (c) "Zero-emission vehicle" shall have the same meaning as under part
 18 two hundred eighteen of title six of the New York codes, rules and regu-
 19 lations.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00180-03-6

 S. 2032--A 2

 1 (d) "Eligible zero-emission vehicle" shall mean a zero-emission vehi-
 2 cle that has been used or previously owned, and is purchased or leased
 3 from a storefront or online retailer.
 4 (e) "Local authority" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision
 5 two of section two of this chapter.
 6 (f) "State agency" shall mean all state departments, boards, commis-
 7 sions, offices or institutions.
 8 (g) "State authority" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision
 9 one of section two of this chapter.
 10 3. The authority shall award rebates to institutional or commercial
 11 applicants and individual applicants at the point of sale for eligible
 12 zero-emission vehicles in amounts up to two thousand dollars, as deter-
 13 mined by the authority.
 14 4. The authority shall determine the rebate eligibility of each appli-
 15 cant in accordance with the requirements of this section and rules
 16 promulgated by the authority. The total amount of rebates allocated to
 17 certified applicants in each fiscal year shall not exceed the amount of
 18 funds ava