Senate Bill S3597

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the "Electric Super Highway Act of 2019"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • 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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2019-S3597 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3118
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1-103, add §5-129, Energy L; amd §354, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1938
2011-2012: S1067
2013-2014: S1618, A8206
2015-2016: S1411, A4980
2017-2018: S2239, A2522
2021-2022: S3288
2023-2024: S4941

2019-S3597 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "electric super highway act of 2019", requiring alternative fuels to be available for public use along the New York state thruway after November 1, 2019 and providing each recommended alternative fuel at least every one hundred twenty miles on both sides of the thruway; defines "alternative fuel".

2019-S3597 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3597 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3597
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered
   printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy
   and Telecommunications
 
 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 2019".
   § 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.
   § 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,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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