Bill Text: NY A07361 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7361 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to providing discounted congestion charge rates for electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles; electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles shall be charged one-third of the rate established to reduce congestion.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A07361 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07361-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          7361
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 26, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  providing
          discounted  congestion charge rates for electric or hydrogen fuel cell
          vehicles
          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 2858 to read as follows:
     3    § 2858. Discounted rates for electric or hydrogen fuel cell  vehicles;
     4  congestion  pricing. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the
     5  contrary, if any authority shall implement any  tolls,  fares,  fees  or
     6  other  charges  for  the  purpose  of traffic congestion reduction, such
     7  tolls, fares, fees or other charges  shall  be  one-third  of  the  rate
     8  established for an electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.
     9    2.  For  the  purposes  of this section the term "electric or hydrogen
    10  fuel cell vehicle" shall mean and include a motor vehicle that:
    11    a. has four wheels;
    12    b. was manufactured for use primarily on  public  streets,  roads  and
    13  highways;
    14    c.  the  powertrain  of  which has not been modified from the original
    15  manufacturer's specifications;
    16    d. is rated at not more than eight thousand five hundred pounds  gross
    17  vehicle weight;
    18    e.  has  a  maximum  speed capability of at least fifty-five miles per
    19  hour; and
    20    f. is propelled at least in part by an electric motor  and  associated
    21  power  electronics which provide acceleration torque to the drive wheels
    22  sometime during normal vehicle operations, and  that  draws  electricity
    23  from a hydrogen fuel cell or from a battery that:
    24    (i) has a capacity of not less than four kilowatt hours; and
    25    (ii)  is  capable  of being recharged from an external source of elec-
    26  tricity.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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