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                                   8725
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 5, 2022
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 Introduced  by Sens. MAY, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
   vation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring  the governor to submit an annual agency climate expenditure
   report
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 75-0121 to read as follows:
 § 75-0121. AGENCY CLIMATE EXPENDITURE REPORTING.
   1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "AGENCY"  MEANS  ANY DEPARTMENT, BOARD, BUREAU, COMMISSION, DIVI-
 SION, OFFICE, OR COMMITTEE OF THE STATE, OR STATE AUTHORITY.
   (B) "STATE AUTHORITY" SHALL MEAN A PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC  BENEFIT
 CORPORATION  CREATED BY OR EXISTING UNDER THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, OR
 ANY OTHER LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITH ONE OR MORE OF ITS  MEMBERS
 APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR OR WHO SERVE AS MEMBERS BY VIRTUE OF HOLDING A
 CIVIL  OFFICE  OF  THE  STATE, OTHER THAN AN INTERSTATE OR INTERNATIONAL
 AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, INCLUDING SUBSIDIARIES OF  SUCH
 PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION.
   (C) "STATE CLIMATE GOALS" MEANS THE STATEWIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
 LIMITS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO SECTION 75-0107 OF THIS ARTICLE AND ANY
 RULES OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THERETO, AND  ANY  STATE  MEASURES  AND
 ACTIONS  CONTAINED  IN  THE SCOPING PLAN CREATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 THIRTEEN OF SECTION 75-0103 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2. ANNUAL AGENCY CLIMATE EXPENDITURE REPORT. IN ADDITION TO THE INFOR-
 MATION REQUIRED BY ARTICLE VII OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL
 SUBMIT  TO  THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY, AS EARLY AS PRACTICABLE, BUT NO LATER THAN  JANUARY  THIRTIETH
 OF  EACH  YEAR, AN ANNUAL AGENCY CLIMATE EXPENDITURE REPORT. SUCH REPORT
 SHALL CONTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE  ESTIMATE  AND  SUMMARY  OF  SPENDING,  TO
 ACHIEVE  THE  STATE CLIMATE GOALS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL AGENCY AND FOR THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 STATE AS A WHOLE, BROKEN DOWN FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CLIMATE  GOAL  INCLUD-
 ING:
   (A) A BREAKDOWN OF FUNDS ALLOCATED IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR;
   (B) AMOUNTS OF FUNDS ACTUALLY SPENT IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR;
   (C) FUNDS NEEDED FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR; AND
   (D)  AN  ANALYSIS  OF  HOW  THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS UNDER PARAGRAPHS (A)
 THROUGH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION  HAVE  MET  OR  ARE  PROJECTED  TO  MEET
 REQUIREMENTS  FOR  BENEFITING  DISADVANTAGED  COMMUNITIES  UNDER SECTION
 75-0111 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND UNDER THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO
 SUCH SECTION.
   3.  ACHIEVEMENT  OF  STATE  CLIMATE GOALS. UPON A DETERMINATION BY THE
 COUNCIL THAT ANY SPECIFIC STATE CLIMATE GOAL HAS BEEN  MET,  SUCH  STATE
 CLIMATE GOAL SHALL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE ANNUAL
 AGENCY CLIMATE EXPENDITURE REPORTS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO
 OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.