Bill Text: NY A05769 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-08 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [A05769 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A05769-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5769 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Energy 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 1885 to read as follows: 3 § 1885. 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. 20 (d) "Eligible zero-emission vehicle" shall mean a zero-emission vehi- 21 cle that has been used or previously owned, and is purchased or leased 22 from a storefront or online retailer. 23 (e) "Local authority" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision 24 two of section two of this chapter. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09293-01-3A. 5769 2 1 (f) "State agency" shall mean all state departments, boards, commis- 2 sions, offices or institutions. 3 (g) "State authority" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision 4 one of section two of this chapter. 5 3. The authority shall award rebates to institutional or commercial 6 applicants and individual applicants at the point of sale for eligible 7 zero-emission vehicles in amounts up to two thousand dollars, as deter- 8 mined by the authority. 9 4. The authority shall determine the rebate eligibility of each appli- 10 cant in accordance with the requirements of this section and rules 11 promulgated by the authority. The total amount of rebates allocated to 12 certified applicants in each fiscal year shall not exceed the amount of 13 funds available for the program in such fiscal year. Rebates shall be 14 allocated to applicants on a first-come, first-served basis, determined 15 by the date the application is received, until all appropriated funds 16 for the fiscal year are expended or the program ends, whichever comes 17 first. 18 5. The authority shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement 19 and administer the provisions of this section no later than one year 20 after the effective date of this section, including rules and regu- 21 lations relating to the forms required to claim a rebate under this 22 section, the required documentation and basis for establishing eligibil- 23 ity for a rebate, procedures and guidelines for claiming a rebate, the 24 collection of economic impact data from applicants, and any other 25 requirements the authority deems necessary. The authority shall conduct 26 education and outreach, with informational materials made available in 27 at least English and the three most common non-English languages spoken 28 by individuals with limited-English proficiency in the state of New 29 York, based on United States census data, as necessary to inform poten- 30 tial applicants and manufacturers and retailers of eligible zero-emis- 31 sion vehicles about the zero-emission vehicles rebate program. 32 6. The authority shall determine and publish on its website on an 33 ongoing basis the amount of available funding for rebates remaining in 34 each fiscal year. 35 7. No later than two years after the effective date of this section, 36 and annually thereafter on the first of January, the authority shall 37 issue a report to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of 38 the assembly, the chair of the senate committee on energy and telecommu- 39 nications and the chair of the assembly committee on energy detailing 40 the status of the zero-emission vehicles rebate program. Such report 41 shall include: 42 (a) the amount of funding dedicated by the authority for the program 43 in the preceding year; 44 (b) the amount of eligible purchases for which a rebate was awarded; 45 (c) the amount and geographic distribution of rebates; and 46 (d) any other information the authority deems necessary. 47 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 48 deemed repealed January 1, 2029.
