NY State Senate Bill 2023-S4934

Senate Bill S4934

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction and conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption

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2023-S4934 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add §201-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2273
2011-2012: S1044
2013-2014: S1611
2015-2016: S1232
2017-2018: S3431
2019-2020: S4543
2021-2022: S4796

2023-S4934 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction and conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption by the state's motor vehicle fleet and to reduce solo trips between work and home by state employees; requires reporting to the governor and legislature.

2023-S4934 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4934

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the "state workforce
fuel reduction and conservation act"

 
PURPOSE:

Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction and conservation program
which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel
consumption.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"state workforce fuel reduction and conservation act".

Section 2: The executive law is amended by adding a new section 201-b.

Section 3: Each state agency covered by section 201-b of the executive

law, establishing a program to increase the average passenger occupancy
per vehicle in commuting trips between home and the workplace, shall
report to the office of general services on the status if such program
within one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this act and on
the fifteenth day of January in each year thereafter.

Section 4: Each state agency that maintains its own vehicular fleet
shall perform a fuel efficiency audit of such fleet and shall provide
such audit to the office of general services within one hundred eighty
days of the effective date of this act.

Section 5: The department of motor vehicles shall develop programs to
educate the driving public on "smart driving," trip reduction and vehi-
cle maintenance practices that are designated to maximize vehicle fuel
efficiency.

Section 6: Nothing in this act shall impair any agreements which may be
made as a result of collective bargaining or other negotiations between
the state and its affected employee organizations.

Section 7: This act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The United States uses a lot of energy - nearly a million dollars worth
of energy each minute, 24 hours a day, every day reduce gasoline
consumption

*direct OGS to develop and properly promote a comprehensive car pooling
program

*direct all state agencies to perform fuel efficiency audits of their
own transportation systems and fleets

*authorize agencies to implement. commuter trip reduction programs that
will encourage employees who drive alone to work to consider using an

alternative commute mode such as car or van pools, mass transit, biking
or walking

*authorize agencies and authorities to permit alternative work schedules
or telecommuting for all state employees where possible

*direct the Department of Motor Vehicles to develop programs to educate
the driving public on conservation techniques, and

*direct OGS to study a plan to reimburse State employees for their mass
transit costs.

The best way to work our way out of our energy crisis is through a
concentrated effort by all of us to conserve, to use energy efficient
appliances, cars, buildings and lifestyles, and to lead by example by
making New York a model state toward an energy efficient future.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: S4796 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

2019-20: S.4543 - Passed Senate

2017-18: S.3431 - referred to governmental operations

2015-16: S.1232A/A.5776A - Amend and Recommit to Investigations & Gov't
Ops

2013-14: S.1611A - Amended and Recommitted to Investigations & Gov't Ops

2011-12: S1044A/A.6159 - Referred to Investigations & Gov't Ops

2010: S.22738 - Reported and Committed to Finance

2008: S.2649/A.10514 - Reported to Investigations & Gov't Ops

2006: S.8245 - Referred to Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S4934 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4934
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the  "state  workforce
   fuel reduction and conservation act"

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "state workforce fuel reduction and conservation act".
   §  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 201-b to
 read as follows:
   § 201-B. STATE WORKFORCE  FUEL  REDUCTION  AND  CONSERVATION  ACT.  1.
 THERE  SHALL  BE  CREATED  WITHIN THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES A STATE
 WORKFORCE FUEL REDUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL HAVE  THE
 PURPOSE  OF DEVELOPING AND ASSISTING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES
 TO REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION BY THE STATE'S MOTOR VEHICULAR FLEET, AND
 TO REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION THROUGH SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS  BETWEEN
 HOME AND THE WORKPLACE BY STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS.
   2. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, IN COORDINATION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
 OFFICE  OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND THE OFFICE FOR TECHNOLOGY, SHALL ISSUE
 A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND  THE  LEGISLATURE  ON  OR  BEFORE  NOVEMBER
 FIFTEENTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR, SETTING FORTH A SPECIFIC PLAN TO
 REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS BETWEEN HOME AND THE WORK-
 PLACE BY STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS. SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE,
 AT A MINIMUM, PROPOSALS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF TRANSPORTATION OTHER  THAN
 VIA  SINGLE  OCCUPANCY VEHICLES BY STATE EMPLOYEES TO AND FROM THE WORK-
 PLACE, AND WHILE  AT  THE  WORKPLACE:  PROPOSALS  FOR  THE  DEVELOPMENT,
 PROMOTION  AND  IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOLO TRIP REDUCTION PROGRAM DESIGNED
 TO ENCOURAGE STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS TO USE AN ALTERNATIVE
 MODE OF COMMUTING SUCH AS CAR OR VAN  POOLS,  MASS  TRANSIT,  BIKING  OR
 WALKING;  AUTHORIZING  STATE AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES TO PERMIT ALTERNA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06484-01-3

 S. 4934                             2
 
 TIVE WORK  SCHEDULES  OR  TELECOMMUTING  FOR  ALL  STATE  EMPLOYEES  AND
 CONTRACTORS WHERE DOING SO WOULD RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN HOME-WORKPLACE
 TRAVEL  WITHOUT  DECREASING EMPLOYEE EFFICIENCY; AND A PROPOSAL TO REIM-
 BURSE STATE EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS FOR MASS TRANSIT COSTS WHERE DOING
 SO RESULTS IN A NET REDUCTION IN SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS.
   3. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL REVIEW THE SIZE OF THE STATE'S
 VEHICULAR  FLEET,  THE  POLICIES GOVERNING THE USE OF SUCH FLEET AND THE
 ACTUAL USE OF SUCH FLEET, AND SHALL ISSUE TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGIS-
 LATURE ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER  FIFTEENTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,  A
 SPECIFIC  PLAN  TO REDUCE THE USE OF SUCH FLEET IN ORDER TO REDUCE GASO-
 LINE CONSUMPTION.
   § 3. Each state agency covered by section 201-b of the executive  law,
 establishing  a  program to increase the average passenger occupancy per
 vehicle in commuting trips between home and the workplace, shall  report
 to  the  office of general services on the status of such program within
 one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this act,  and  on  the
 fifteenth day of January in each year thereafter.
   §  4.  Each  state agency that maintains its own vehicular fleet shall
 perform a fuel efficiency audit of such fleet  and  shall  provide  such
 audit  to  the office of general services within one hundred eighty days
 of the effective date of this act.
   § 5. The department  of  motor  vehicles  shall  develop  programs  to
 educate  the driving public on "smart driving," trip reduction and vehi-
 cle maintenance practices that are designed  to  maximize  vehicle  fuel
 efficiency.  The department shall issue a report to the governor and the
 legislature on or before  November  15,  2024  on  the  status  of  such
 program.
   § 6. Nothing in this act shall impair any agreements which may be made
 as  a  result of collective bargaining or other negotiations between the
 state and its affected employee organizations.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

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