NY State Senate Bill 2017-S3431

Senate Bill S3431

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction and conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption

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Introduced
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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 19, 2018	referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1999 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jan 03, 2018	referred to investigations and government operations
Jan 23, 2017	referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

- Jun 19, 2018 - Floor Vote
  S3431
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 19, 2018
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Mayer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      nay (1)
      
      Lanza
      
      excused (1)
      
      Croci
  Jun 19, 2018 - Rules Committee Vote
  S3431
  
  21
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 19, 2018
      
      aye (21)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      Larkin
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      nay (1)
      
      Lanza
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Griffo
      
      LaValle
      
      Little

2017-S3431 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add §201-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2273
2011-2012: S1044
2013-2014: S1611
2015-2016: S1232
2019-2020: S4543
2021-2022: S4796
2023-2024: S4934

2017-S3431 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction & conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption by the state's motor vehicle fleet and to reduce solo trips between work and home by state employees; requires reporting to the governor and legislature.

2017-S3431 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3431

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the "state workforce
fuel reduction and conservation act"

 PURPOSE :

Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction and conservation program
which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce
fuel consumption.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section one establishes the "State Workforce Fuel Reduction and
Conservation Act."

Section two:

* directs the Office of General Services (OGS) to review the State's
vehicular fleet as well as the use of that fleet, to determine whether
alternative fuel vehicles can be used, and whether trip reduction can
be used to reduce gasoline consumption; and

* directs OGS, in conjunction with the Governor's Office of Employee

relations and the Office for Technology, to issue a report setting
forth a specific plan to reduce the number of solo motor vehicle trips
between home and the workplace by state employees and state
contractors.

Section three directs State agencies to establish programs to increase
the average passenger occupancy per vehicle in commuting trips between
home and the workplace.

Section four directs each State agency to perform fuel efficiency
audits of their fleets.

Section five directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to develop
programs to educate the driving public on "smart driving", trip
reduction, and vehicle maintenance practices.

Section six prohibits any part of this Act from impairing any
collective bargaining agreements.

Section seven is the enacting date.

 EXISTING LAW :

This legislation adds a new section to Executive Law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The United States uses a lot of energy - nearly a million dollars
worth of energy each minute, 24 hours a day, every day reduce gasoline
consumption

*direct OGS to develop and properly promote a comprehensive car
pooling program

*direct all state agencies to perform fuel efficiency audits of their
own transportation systems and fleets

*authorize agencies to implement. commuter trip reduction programs
that will encourage employees who drive alone to work to consider

using an alternative commute mode such as car or van pools, mass
transit, biking or walking

*authorize agencies and authorities to permit alternative work
schedules or telecommuting for all state employees where possible

*direct the Department of Motor Vehicles to develop programs to
educate the driving public on conservation techniques, and

*direct OGS to study a plan to reimburse State employees for their
mass transit costs.

The best way to work our way out of our energy crisis is through a
concentrated effort by all of us to conserve, to use energy efficient
appliances, cars, buildings and lifestyles, and to lead by example by
making New York a model state toward an energy efficient future.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S.1232A/A.5776A - Amend and Recommit to Investigations &
Gov't Ops
2013-14: S.1611A - Amended and Recommitted to Investigations & Gov't
Ops
2011-12: S1044A/A.6159 - Referred to Investigations & Gov't Ops
2010: S.2273B - Reported and Committed to Finance
2008: S.2649/A.10514 - Reported to Investigations & Gov't Ops
2006:  S.8245 - Referred to Rules

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to State.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to localities.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
The act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S3431 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3431
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the  "state  workforce
   fuel reduction and conservation act"

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "state workforce fuel reduction and conservation act".
   §  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 201-b to
 read as follows:
   § 201-B. STATE WORKFORCE  FUEL  REDUCTION  AND  CONSERVATION  ACT.  1.
 THERE  SHALL  BE  CREATED  WITHIN THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES A STATE
 WORKFORCE FUEL REDUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL HAVE  THE
 PURPOSE  OF DEVELOPING AND ASSISTING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES
 TO REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION BY THE STATE'S MOTOR VEHICULAR FLEET, AND
 TO REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION THROUGH SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS  BETWEEN
 HOME AND THE WORKPLACE BY STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS.
   2. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, IN COORDINATION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
 OFFICE  OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND THE OFFICE FOR TECHNOLOGY, SHALL ISSUE
 A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND  THE  LEGISLATURE  ON  OR  BEFORE  NOVEMBER
 FIFTEENTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,  SETTING  FORTH  A SPECIFIC PLAN TO
 REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS BETWEEN HOME AND THE WORK-
 PLACE BY STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS. SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE,
 AT A MINIMUM, PROPOSALS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF TRANSPORTATION OTHER  THAN
 VIA  SINGLE  OCCUPANCY VEHICLES BY STATE EMPLOYEES TO AND FROM THE WORK-
 PLACE, AND WHILE  AT  THE  WORKPLACE:  PROPOSALS  FOR  THE  DEVELOPMENT,
 PROMOTION  AND  IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOLO TRIP REDUCTION PROGRAM DESIGNED
 TO ENCOURAGE STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS TO USE AN ALTERNATIVE
 MODE OF COMMUTING SUCH AS CAR OR VAN  POOLS,  MASS  TRANSIT,  BIKING  OR
 WALKING;  AUTHORIZING  STATE AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES TO PERMIT ALTERNA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01924-01-7

 S. 3431                             2
 
 TIVE WORK  SCHEDULES  OR  TELECOMMUTING  FOR  ALL  STATE  EMPLOYEES  AND
 CONTRACTORS WHERE DOING SO WOULD RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN HOME-WORKPLACE
 TRAVEL  WITHOUT  DECREASING EMPLOYEE EFFICIENCY; AND A PROPOSAL TO REIM-
 BURSE STATE EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS FOR MASS TRANSIT COSTS WHERE DOING
 SO RESULTS IN A NET REDUCTION IN SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS.
   3. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL REVIEW THE SIZE OF THE STATE'S
 VEHICULAR  FLEET,  THE  POLICIES GOVERNING THE USE OF SUCH FLEET AND THE
 ACTUAL USE OF SUCH FLEET, AND SHALL ISSUE TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGIS-
 LATURE ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, A SPECIF-
 IC PLAN TO REDUCE THE USE OF SUCH FLEET  IN  ORDER  TO  REDUCE  GASOLINE
 CONSUMPTION.
   §  3. Each state agency covered by section 201-b of the executive law,
 establishing a program to increase the average passenger  occupancy  per
 vehicle  in commuting trips between home and the workplace, shall report
 to the office of general services on the status of such  program  within
 one  hundred  eighty  days of the effective date of this act, and on the
 fifteenth day of January in each year thereafter.
   § 4. Each state agency that maintains its own  vehicular  fleet  shall
 perform  a  fuel  efficiency  audit of such fleet and shall provide such
 audit to the office of general services within one hundred  eighty  days
 of the effective date of this act.
   §  5.  The  department  of  motor  vehicles  shall develop programs to
 educate the driving public on "smart driving," trip reduction and  vehi-
 cle  maintenance  practices  that  are designed to maximize vehicle fuel
 efficiency. The department shall issue a report to the governor and  the
 legislature  on  or  before  November  15,  2018  on  the status of such
 program.
   § 6. Nothing in this act shall impair any agreements which may be made
 as a result of collective bargaining or other negotiations  between  the
 state and its affected employee organizations.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

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