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                                  794--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
   the zero-emission industrial trucks grant program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 1885 to read as follows:
   § 1885. ZERO-EMISSION INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS GRANT  PROGRAM.  1.  THERE  IS
 HEREBY ESTABLISHED A ZERO-EMISSION INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS GRANT PROGRAM TO BE
 ADMINISTERED  BY  THE  AUTHORITY,  IN  CONJUNCTION WITH THE EMPIRE STATE
 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ZERO-EMISSION INDUSTRIAL  TRUCK"
 SHALL  MEAN  A  CLASS  I,  CLASS  II  OR CLASS III INDUSTRIAL TRUCK THAT
 PRODUCES NO CRITERIA POLLUTANT, TOXIC AIR CONTAMINANT, OR GREENHOUSE GAS
 EMISSIONS WHEN STATIONARY OR OPERATING.
   3. THE PURPOSE OF SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE TO PROVIDE  AN  INCENTIVE  AND
 FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  FOR  BUSINESSES  AND  CORPORATIONS TO PURCHASE OR
 LEASE ZERO-EMISSION INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS, CLASS I TO III, AND REDUCE  THEIR
 CARBON FOOTPRINT.
   4.  (A)  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  SET CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT
 AWARDS. THOSE ELIGIBLE TO PURCHASE  OR  LEASE  ZERO-EMISSION  INDUSTRIAL
 TRUCKS, CLASS I TO III, AND WHO APPLY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT AWARDS
 UNDER  SUCH  PROGRAM.  GRANTS  AWARDED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 USED SOLELY FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  PURCHASING  OR  LEASING  ZERO-EMISSION
 INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS, CLASS I TO III.
   (B)  GRANT AMOUNTS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE AUTHORITY BASED ON VEHI-
 CLE TYPE, ENERGY SOURCE, AND VEHICLE WEIGHT CLASS, BUT SHALL NOT BE LESS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 THAN TEN PERCENT OF THE COST  OF  THE  ZERO-EMISSION  INDUSTRIAL  TRUCKS
 PURCHASED OR LEASED.
   (C)  SUCH  CRITERIA IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE
 REQUIREMENTS THAT TO BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR  SUCH  GRANTS  THE  ZERO-EMISSION
 INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS AND THE COMPONENTS AND PARTS THEREOF SHALL BE PRODUCED
 OR  MADE IN WHOLE OR SUBSTANTIAL PART IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITO-
 RIES, OR POSSESSIONS AND THAT THE FINAL ASSEMBLY OF  SUCH  ZERO-EMISSION
 TRUCKS   SHALL   OCCUR   IN  THE  UNITED  STATES,  ITS  TERRITORIES,  OR
 POSSESSIONS.
   5. THE ZERO-EMISSION INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS GRANT PROGRAM SHALL  BE  FUNDED
 THROUGH  THE  ANNUAL APPROPRIATION OF THE LEGISLATURE OR ANY OTHER FUNDS
 RECEIVED BY THE STATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  INCLUDING  BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO FUNDS ADMINISTERED IN THE CLEAN ENERGY FUND. GRANTS SHALL
 ONLY BE AWARDED BASED UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.