Assembly Bill A2412B

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the purchase or lease of zero emission vehicles for state-owned vehicle fleets

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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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2021-A2412 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2838
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A7567, S5439

2021-A2412 - Summary

Directs the office of general services in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the New York state energy research and development authority to prepare a state fleet procurement plan for the purchase or lease of state agency vehicles to ensure state agency vehicles will be zero emission vehicles over a certain period of time.

2021-A2412 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2412
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FAHY, WOERNER, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, EPSTEIN, GALEF,
   DICKENS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation  to  the  purchase  of  fuel
   economy,  electric  and  hybrid  passenger  vehicles  by the office of
   general services

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 5-108 of the energy law, as amended by chapter 120
 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   § 5-108. Purchase of passenger automobiles.  a. The  commissioner,  in
 consultation  with  the  commissioner of the office of general services,
 shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall require[, at a  mini-
 mum,]  that  all  passenger automobiles purchased by or for the state or
 any agency or public authority thereof,  of  which  a  majority  of  the
 members  are  appointed  by  the  governor,  in  any  fiscal  year which
 commences on or after April first,  [nineteen  hundred  eighty-one]  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO,  achieve  an  average fuel economy [not less than]
 THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS  the  applicable  average  fuel  economy  standard
 established  pursuant  to  the  provisions of this section for the model
 year which includes January first of such fiscal year.
   b. The commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the  office  of  general
 services,  shall be further authorized to establish minimum fuel economy
 standards for different classes of passenger automobiles,  as  appropri-
 ate,  which shall be applicable to such vehicles purchased by or for the
 state or any agency or public authority thereof subject to the  require-
 ments  of  subdivision  a  of  this  section.   WHENEVER PRACTICABLE THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL PURCHASE BATTERY, ELECTRIC, PLUG-IN  HYBRID  ELECTRIC
 OR ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES.
   c. As used in this section:
   (1)  The  term  "passenger  automobile" means any four wheeled vehicle
 propelled by fuel which is manufactured for use on public streets, roads
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2021-A2412A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2838
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A7567, S5439

2021-A2412A - Summary

Directs the office of general services in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the New York state energy research and development authority to prepare a state fleet procurement plan for the purchase or lease of state agency vehicles to ensure state agency vehicles will be zero emission vehicles over a certain period of time.

2021-A2412A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2412--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FAHY, WOERNER, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, EPSTEIN, GALEF,
   DICKENS -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Energy  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the purchase or  lease
   of zero emission vehicles for state-owned vehicle fleets
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 201-a of the executive law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10.  THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL, ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIR-
 TY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, PREPARE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY
 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, A STATE FLEET PROCUREMENT  PLAN  FOR
 PURCHASE  OR  LEASE OF STATE AGENCY VEHICLES TO ENSURE THAT (I) AT LEAST
 TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF STATE AGENCY VEHICLES WILL BE ZERO EMISSION VEHI-
 CLES BY NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE
 AND  (II)  AT  LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF STATE AGENCY VEHICLES WILL BE ZERO
 EMISSION VEHICLES BY NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 THIRTY.  BY  JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, ALL PASSENGER VEHICLES
 PURCHASED BY OR FOR THE STATE OR ANY AGENCY OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY  THEREOF
 SHALL BE ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ZERO
 EMISSION  VEHICLE" SHALL MEAN A VEHICLE POWERED BY MEANS OF A BATTERY OR
 FUEL CELL OR A COMBINATION THEREOF, OR ANOTHER  SOURCE  OF  POWER,  THAT
 PRODUCES  ZERO  EXHAUST EMISSIONS OF ANY GREENHOUSE GAS, CRITERIA POLLU-
 TANT OR PRECURSOR POLLUTANT UNDER ANY AND ALL POSSIBLE OPERATIONAL MODES
 AND CONDITIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06578-04-1

co-Sponsors

2021-A2412B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2838
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A7567, S5439

2021-A2412B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the office of general services in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the New York state energy research and development authority to prepare a state fleet procurement plan for the purchase or lease of state agency vehicles to ensure state agency vehicles will be zero emission vehicles over a certain period of time.

2021-A2412B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2412--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FAHY, WOERNER, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, EPSTEIN, GALEF,
   DICKENS,  CARROLL,  THIELE,  COLTON,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  KELLES,  DINOWITZ,
   SILLITTI,  STERN,  SANTABARBARA,  LUNSFORD, GLICK, OTIS, L. ROSENTHAL,
   McDONALD, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Energy  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred  to
   the  Committee  on  Ways  and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the purchase or  lease
   of zero emission vehicles for state-owned vehicle fleets
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 201-a of the executive law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10.  THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL, ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIR-
 TY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, PREPARE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY
 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, A STATE FLEET PROCUREMENT  PLAN  FOR
 PURCHASE  OR  LEASE OF STATE AGENCY VEHICLES TO ENSURE THAT (I) AT LEAST
 TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF STATE AGENCY VEHICLES, INCLUDING TEN  PERCENT  OF
 STATE AGENCY MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES, WILL BE ZERO EMISSION VEHI-
 CLES  BY  NO  LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
 AND (II) AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT  OF  STATE  AGENCY  VEHICLES,  INCLUDING
 TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF STATE AGENCY MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES, WILL
 BE  ZERO  EMISSION  VEHICLES BY NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND THIRTY. ALL STATE AGENCY PASSENGER VEHICLES SHALL BE ZERO EMIS-
 SION VEHICLES BY NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIR-
 TY-FIVE, AND ALL STATE AGENCY MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY  VEHICLES  SHALL  BE
 ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES BY NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOU-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06578-09-2

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