Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to higher education |
Feb 27, 2023 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A4998
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WALLACE
Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
Jo Anne Simon
2023-A4998 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S542
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §235-c, Ed L
2023-A4998 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes the university of the state of New York environmental sustainability office to lead the coordination, planning and implementation of policies, programs, and processes to fulfill the university's sustainability obligations and targets cohesively, across all university campuses, and at the system level.
2023-A4998 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4998 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the university of the state of New York environmental sustainability office THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 235-c to read as follows: § 235-C. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE. 1. THE REGENTS SHALL ESTABLISH AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO LEAD THE COORDINATION, PLANNING AND IMPLE- MENTATION OF POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND PROCESSES TO FULFILL THE UNIVERSI- TY'S SUSTAINABILITY OBLIGATIONS AND TARGETS COHESIVELY, ACROSS ALL UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES, AND AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL. SUSTAINABILITY OBLIGATIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, REDUCTION IN ENERGY USE, PREVENTION OF WASTE AND ACHIEVING MATERIAL CIRCULARITY, CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTION, SOCIAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE, AND ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH STRATEGIES INCLUDED WITHIN THESE AND OTHER SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS AREAS. 2. THE HEAD OF THE OFFICE SHALL BE THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE REGENTS AND HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS AND DUTIES: A. LEAD INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING TO FULFILL UNIVERSITY SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS AND REPRESENT THE UNIVERSITY'S SUSTAINABILITY GOALS IN SYSTEM-WIDE AND CAMPUS LEVEL PLANNING. B. SET CONSISTENT SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS, ACROSS A MULTITUDE OF RELATED FOCUS AREAS, SYSTEM-WIDE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SYSTEM AND CAMPUS LEVEL CLEAN ENERGY MASTER PLANS AND ZERO WASTE CIRCULARITY PLANS. C. LEVERAGE EXPERTISE AVAILABLE ACROSS UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES TO PILOT AND ELEVATE SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND RESEARCH. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02228-01-3
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