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.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A349
SPONSOR: Barrett (MS) TITLE OF BILL:
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
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:
Establishes a previously owned zero-emission vehicles rebate program.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
§ 1: Adds a new Section 1885 to the Public Authorities Law to establish
a previously owned zero-emissions vehicles rebate program through the
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). A
maximum rebate of $2,000 will be awarded to eligible zero-emission vehi-
cles on a first-come, first-served basis until all program funds have
been awarded or the program ends, whichever comes first, and the amount
in rebates issued in a given year shall not exceed the amount of funds
that were allocated to the program for that fiscal year. NYSERDA is
directed to promulgate rules and regulations for the specific procedures
and forms required to obtain a rebate, no later than one year after the
effective date of this section. NYSERDA is also directed to conduct
educational outreach on the zero-emissions vehicles rebate program, will
determine and publish on their website on an ongoing basis the amount of
funding remaining, and will issue a report regarding the status of the
zero-emission vehicles rebate program, which will include relevant
program information.
§ 2: Effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Personal transportation amounts to roughly 20% of greenhouse gas emis-
sions. This bill seeks to further the greenhouse gas reduction goals
laid out in the New York State Climate Leadership and Community
Protection Act (CLCPA) by creating a rebate program for used electric
vehicles. Such programs shall distribute rebates in a maximum amount of
$2,000. This bill seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air
quality, and reduce noise pollution by promoting the adoption of quiet-
er, zero-emission vehicles. Establishing strategies to reduce these
emissions is an important step in achieving the CLCPA goals.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-2024: A.5769/S.4532 - Passed Assembly
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined,
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed January 1, 2031.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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349
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, CONRAD, STERN, CUNNINGHAM, SEAWRIGHT,
COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and
referred to the Committee 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.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (e) "Local authority" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision
2 two of section two of this chapter.
3 (f) "State agency" shall mean all state departments, boards, commis-
4 sions, offices or institutions.
5 (g) "State authority" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision
6 one of section two of this chapter.
7 3. The authority shall award rebates to institutional or commercial
8 applicants and individual applicants at the point of sale for eligible
9 zero-emission vehicles in amounts up to two thousand dollars, as deter-
10 mined by the authority.
11 4. The authority shall determine the rebate eligibility of each appli-
12 cant in accordance with the requirements of this section and rules
13 promulgated by the authority. The total amount of rebates allocated to
14 certified applicants in each fiscal year shall not exceed the amount of
15 funds available for the program in such fiscal year. Rebates shall be
16 allocated to applicants on a first-come, first-served basis, determined
17 by the date the application is received, until all appropriated funds
18 for the fiscal year are expended or the program ends, whichever comes
19 first.
20 5. The authority shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement
21 and administer the provisions of this section no later than one year
22 after the effective date of this section, including rules and regu-
23 lations relating to the forms required to claim a rebate under this
24 section, the required documentation and basis for establishing eligibil-
25 ity for a rebate, procedures and guidelines for claiming a rebate, the
26 collection of economic impact data from applicants, and any other
27 requirements the authority deems necessary. The authority shall conduct
28 education and outreach, with informational materials made available in
29 at least English and the three most common non-English languages spoken
30 by individuals with limited-English proficiency in the state of New
31 York, based on United States census data, as necessary to inform poten-
32 tial applicants and manufacturers and retailers of eligible zero-emis-
33 sion vehicles about the zero-emission vehicles rebate program.
34 6. The authority shall determine and publish on its website on an
35 ongoing basis the amount of available funding for rebates remaining in
36 each fiscal year.
37 7. No later than two years after the effective date of this section,
38 and annually thereafter on the first of January, the authority shall
39 issue a report to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
40 the assembly, the chair of the senate committee on energy and telecommu-
41 nications and the chair of the assembly committee on energy detailing
42 the status of the zero-emission vehicles rebate program. Such report
43 shall include:
44 (a) the amount of funding dedicated by the authority for the program
45 in the preceding year;
46 (b) the amount of eligible purchases for which a rebate was awarded;
47 (c) the amount and geographic distribution of rebates; and
48 (d) any other information the authority deems necessary.
49 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
50 deemed repealed January 1, 2031.
