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Senate Bill S3290
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S3290 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S4385
2017-2018: S3876
2019-S3290 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3290 SPONSOR: RANZENHOFER TITLE OF BILL: An act establishing the school energy efficiency program PURPOSE: This legislation will streamline the process for approving school energy efficiency projects submitted for review and approval to the State Education Department. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Legislative intent. Section 2. A school energy efficiency program will be established to streamline the approval process for eligible entities pursuing the installation of energy efficiency projects. The New York State Education Department (SED) will delineate how energy efficiency project approval
2019-S3290 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3290 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT establishing the school energy efficiency program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. At a cost annually of over $1 billion dollars in utility costs, the energy costs for public schools in New York need to be addressed to reduce such escalating costs and to allow for a redirection of such expenditures to improve academic performance in our state. The legislature therefore finds that New York state should conduct a review of the project approval process to determine how best to expedite the start of construction and implementation of school ener- gy efficiency projects. Currently, energy projects are reviewed by the same group at the New York state education department that is also responsible for reviewing critical school district capital projects. The process review should focus on how a higher priority might be given to energy efficiency projects while at the same time ensuring that mission-critical capital projects are not delayed. Pursuing all cost-ef- fective energy efficiency in New York state schools will require that many more projects will need to be approved annually than have ever been in the past. A streamlined, transparent, and efficient review and approval process is a necessary component of an increased effort to promote energy efficiency projects in schools. § 2. School energy efficiency program. 1. Establishment. There is hereby established the school energy efficiency program. Under this program, the department shall construct a proposal to streamline the approval process for eligible entities pursuing the installation of energy efficiency projects. 2. Proposal requirements. The department through this program shall: a. demonstrate how energy efficiency project approval requests will be processed separately from all other capital improvement applications; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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