Assembly Bill A6811C

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a lithium-ion battery safety program

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2023-A6811 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6809
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1854, Pub Auth L

2023-A6811 - Summary

Provides that NYSERDA shall establish a program to provide rebates or new lithium-ion batteries for powered mobility devices at reduced cost or no cost to certain individuals; sets standards for lithium-ion batteries provided pursuant to the program; requires NYSERDA to submit an annual report on such program.

2023-A6811 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6811
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. TAPIA, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a program
   to provide reduced cost or  no  cost  lithium-ion  batteries  used  in
   powered mobility devices

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  156-i
 to read as follows:
   §  156-I.  LITHIUM-ION BATTERY SAFETY PROGRAM. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "LITHIUM-ION BATTERY" MEANS A STORAGE BATTERY  IN  WHICH  AN  ELEC-
 TRICAL  CURRENT  IS  GENERATED  BY  LITHIUM  IONS  EMBEDDED  IN A CARBON
 GRAPHITE OR NICKEL METAL-OXIDE  SUBSTRATE  PLACED  IN  A  HIGH-VISCOSITY
 CARBONATE MIXTURE OR GELLED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; AND
   B. "POWERED MOBILITY DEVICE" MEANS A LIGHT ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLE OR
 PERSONAL  ELECTRIC MOBILITY DEVICE SUCH AS AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE OR SCOOT-
 ER.
   2. THE OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL,  IN  COLLABORATION  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE
 AGENCY, SHALL ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE NEW  LITHIUM-ION  BATTERIES
 AT  REDUCED  COST  OR NO COST TO ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE
 PROVISION OF NEW LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES IN EXCHANGE FOR USED  LITHIUM-ION
 BATTERIES.  THE  OFFICE  OF  FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL SHALL DETERMINE
 WHICH INDIVIDUALS ARE ELIGIBLE  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN  SUCH  PROGRAM,  THE
 CRITERIA  FOR  PROVISION  AND EXCHANGE OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, AND THE
 AMOUNT OF COST REDUCTION FOR THE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES PROVIDED. ALL NEW
 BATTERIES PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE LISTED AND  LABELED
 BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TESTING LABORATORY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10788-01-3

co-Sponsors

2023-A6811A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6809
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1854, Pub Auth L

2023-A6811A - Summary

Provides that NYSERDA shall establish a program to provide rebates or new lithium-ion batteries for powered mobility devices at reduced cost or no cost to certain individuals; sets standards for lithium-ion batteries provided pursuant to the program; requires NYSERDA to submit an annual report on such program.

2023-A6811A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6811--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. TAPIA, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a program
   to provide reduced cost or  no  cost  lithium-ion  batteries  used  in
   powered mobility devices
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  144-b
 to read as follows:
   §  144-B.  LITHIUM-ION BATTERY SAFETY PROGRAM. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "LITHIUM-ION BATTERY" MEANS A STORAGE BATTERY  IN  WHICH  AN  ELEC-
 TRICAL  CURRENT  IS  GENERATED  BY  LITHIUM  IONS  EMBEDDED  IN A CARBON
 GRAPHITE OR NICKEL METAL-OXIDE  SUBSTRATE  PLACED  IN  A  HIGH-VISCOSITY
 CARBONATE MIXTURE OR GELLED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; AND
   B. "POWERED MOBILITY DEVICE" MEANS A LIGHT ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLE OR
 PERSONAL  ELECTRIC MOBILITY DEVICE SUCH AS AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE OR SCOOT-
 ER.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, IN COLLABORATION WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  AND  ANY  OTHER  APPROPRIATE  AGENCY, SHALL
 ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE NEW LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES AT REDUCED COST
 OR NO COST TO ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE PROVISION  OF  NEW
 LITHIUM-ION  BATTERIES  IN  EXCHANGE FOR USED LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES. THE
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL DETERMINE WHICH INDIVIDUALS  ARE  ELIGIBLE  TO
 PARTICIPATE  IN SUCH PROGRAM, THE CRITERIA FOR PROVISION AND EXCHANGE OF
 LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, AND THE AMOUNT OF COST REDUCTION FOR  THE  LITHI-
 UM-ION  BATTERIES  PROVIDED. ALL NEW BATTERIES PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUCH
 PROGRAM SHALL BE LISTED AND LABELED BY A NATIONALLY  RECOGNIZED  TESTING
 LABORATORY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2023-A6811B - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6809
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1854, Pub Auth L

2023-A6811B - Summary

Provides that NYSERDA shall establish a program to provide rebates or new lithium-ion batteries for powered mobility devices at reduced cost or no cost to certain individuals; sets standards for lithium-ion batteries provided pursuant to the program; requires NYSERDA to submit an annual report on such program.

2023-A6811B - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6811--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. TAPIA, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- recommitted to the  Committee  on  Governmental  Operations  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
   a lithium-ion battery safety program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   Section 1854 of the public authorities law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 27 to read as follows:
   27. LITHIUM-ION BATTERY SAFETY  PROGRAM.  (A)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (I)  "LITHIUM-ION  BATTERY"  MEANS A STORAGE BATTERY IN WHICH AN ELEC-
 TRICAL CURRENT IS  GENERATED  BY  LITHIUM  IONS  EMBEDDED  IN  A  CARBON
 GRAPHITE  OR  NICKEL  METAL-OXIDE  SUBSTRATE  PLACED IN A HIGH-VISCOSITY
 CARBONATE MIXTURE OR GELLED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE.
   (II) "POWERED MOBILITY DEVICE" MEANS A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AS
 DEFINED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW,  AN
 ELECTRIC  SCOOTER  AS  DEFINED  BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN-E OF THE
 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, OR A  LIMITED  USE  MOTORCYCLE  AS  DEFINED  BY
 SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-B OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, WHICH
 IS POWERED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.
   (B) NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  THE  AUTHORITY,  IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRON-
 MENTAL CONSERVATION AND ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE AGENCY, SHALL DEVELOP  AND
 ADMINISTER A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE REBATES OR NEW LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES FOR
 POWERED MOBILITY DEVICES AT REDUCED COST OR NO COST TO ELIGIBLE INDIVID-
 UALS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10788-04-4

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2023-A6811C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6809
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1854, Pub Auth L

2023-A6811C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that NYSERDA shall establish a program to provide rebates or new lithium-ion batteries for powered mobility devices at reduced cost or no cost to certain individuals; sets standards for lithium-ion batteries provided pursuant to the program; requires NYSERDA to submit an annual report on such program.

2023-A6811C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6811--C
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, ARDILA, COLTON, DAVI-
   LA, HYNDMAN, FAHY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY -- read once
   and  referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Governmental
   Operations  in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amend-
   ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
   a lithium-ion battery safety program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1854 of the public authorities law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 27 to read as follows:
   27. LITHIUM-ION BATTERY SAFETY  PROGRAM.  (A)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (I)  "LITHIUM-ION  BATTERY"  MEANS A STORAGE BATTERY IN WHICH AN ELEC-
 TRICAL CURRENT IS  GENERATED  BY  LITHIUM  IONS  EMBEDDED  IN  A  CARBON
 GRAPHITE  OR  NICKEL  METAL-OXIDE  SUBSTRATE  PLACED IN A HIGH-VISCOSITY
 CARBONATE MIXTURE OR GELLED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE.
   (II) "POWERED MOBILITY DEVICE" MEANS A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AS
 DEFINED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW,  AN
 ELECTRIC  SCOOTER  AS  DEFINED  BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN-E OF THE
 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, A LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE AS DEFINED BY  SECTION
 ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-ONE-B  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC LAW, WHICH IS
 POWERED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, AN ELECTRICAL PERSONAL
 ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  FOURTEEN-D
 OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW  OR  OTHER  PERSONAL MOBILITY DEVICE
 EQUIPPED WITH A LITHIUM-ION OR OTHER STORAGE BATTERY, INCLUDING BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO, A SKATEBOARD, UNICYCLE, OR OTHER SIMILAR WHEELED DEVICE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10788-06-4

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