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                                  2239--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, DILAN, MONTGOMERY -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Energy and Telecommunications -- recommitted to the Committee on Ener-
   gy  and Telecommunications in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   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 2018".
   § 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.
   § 3. The energy law is amended by adding a new section 5-129  to  read
 as follows:
   §  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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06274-03-8

              

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   §  4.  Subdivision 10 of section 354 of the public authorities law, as
 amended by section 2 of part TT of chapter 54 of the laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   10.  To  construct,  reconstruct or improve on or along the thruway 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  facilities;  such
 facilities  shall  be publicly offered for leasing for operation, 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 facili-
 ties 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 EACH SUCH FACILITY WHICH CONTAINS OR CONSISTS  OF
 A  GAS  STATION  SHALL, BEGINNING NOVEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN,
 INCLUDE A FACILITY FOR SELLING TO THE PUBLIC  AN  ALTERNATIVE  FUEL,  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  1-103  OF THE ENERGY 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;
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.