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                                 4980--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Energy -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy in accordance with
  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the energy  law  and  the  public  authorities  law,  in
  relation  to  the availability of alternative fuels along the New York
  state thruway

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "electric
super highway act of 2016".
  S 2. Section 1-103 of the energy law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 14 to read as follows:
  14. "ALTERNATIVE FUEL" SHALL  MEAN  ETHANOL,  METHANOL,  NATURAL  GAS,
PROPANE,  ELECTRICITY  (INCLUDING ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR ENERGY), HYDRO-
GEN, AND ANY OTHER FUEL IDENTIFIED WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY  NOT  PETROLE-
UM-BASED,  WHICH  IS  CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF PROTECTING THE SAFETY
AND HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND MINIMIZING EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTANTS, AND
WHICH  IS  CONSISTENT  WITH  ANY  APPLICABLE  FEDERAL  ALTERNATIVE  FUEL
REQUIREMENTS.
  S  3.  The energy law is amended by adding a new section 5-129 to read
as follows:
  S 5-129. ALTERNATIVE FUELS.   STATE ENERGY  RESEARCH  AND  DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY SHALL PROVIDE THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY WITH A LIST
OF THE MOST FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE FUELS, WHICH SHALL NUMBER NO FEWER THAN
THREE,  AND  ASSIST  THE  AUTHORITY  IN IMPLEMENTING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
  S 4. Subdivision 10 of section 354 of the public authorities  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  766  of  the  laws  of 1992, is amended to read as
follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  10. To construct, reconstruct or  improve  on  or  along  the  thruway
system  in  the  manner  herein  provided,  suitable  facilities for gas
stations, restaurants, and other facilities for the public, or to  lease
the  right to construct, reconstruct or improve and operate such facili-
ties;  such  facilities shall be publicly offered for leasing for opera-
tion, or the right to construct, reconstruct or improve and operate such
facilities shall be publicly offered under rules and regulations  to  be
established  by the authority, provided, however, that lessees operating
such facilities at the time this act becomes effective, may  reconstruct
or  improve  them  or  may  construct additional like facilities, in the
manner and upon such terms and conditions as the board shall  determine;
and  provided further, however, that such facilities constructed, recon-
structed or improved on or along the canal system  shall  be  consistent
with  the  canal  recreationway  plan  approved  pursuant to section one
hundred thirty-eight-c of the canal law and section three hundred eight-
y-two of this title; AND  PROVIDED  FURTHER,  HOWEVER,  THAT  EACH  SUCH
FACILITY  WHICH  CONTAINS  OR CONSISTS OF A GAS STATION SHALL, BEGINNING
NOVEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, INCLUDE A FACILITY FOR SELLING  TO
THE PUBLIC AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1-103 OF THE ENER-
GY LAW AND EACH ALTERNATIVE FUEL RECOMMENDED TO THE AUTHORITY BY THE NEW
YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO SECTION
5-129  OF THE ENERGY LAW SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE AT INTERVALS OF NO MORE
THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY MILES ON EACH SIDE OF THE THRUWAY;
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.