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                                   1438
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. HUNTER, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 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
 THAN  TEN  PERCENT  OF  THE  COST OF THE ZERO-EMISSION INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS
 PURCHASED OR LEASED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (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.