New York Senate Bill S01859 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1859 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, GIANARIS, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, MAY, SERRANO -- 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 prohibiting certain devices which enhance a vehicle's capacity to emit soot, smoke or other particulate emissions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows: 3 (f) No person shall retrofit any diesel-powered vehicle with any 4 device, smoke stack, or other equipment which enhances the vehicle's 5 capacity to emit soot, smoke, or other particulate emissions, or shall 6 purposely release significant quantities of soot, smoke, or other parti- 7 culate emissions into the air and onto roadways and other vehicles while 8 operating the vehicle. Any such violation shall be punishable as a 9 misdemeanor. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05113-01-3