Senate Bill S6882

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to carport-mounted solar energy system siting

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S6882 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A217
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 5-M §§119-hh & 119-ii, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8914, A9810

2025-S6882 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits local governments from prohibiting the construction, installation, or operation of carport-mounted solar energy systems with a nameplate capacity of five megawatts or less, in any non-residential zoning district or mixed commercial and residential zoning district of any such city, town or village, provided however, if the zoning district is a certified agricultural district the agricultural impacts of the projects shall be minimized to the extent practicable.

2025-S6882 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6882 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6882
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to siting of
   carport-mounted solar energy systems
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new arti-
 cle 5-M to read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 5-M
                   CARPORT-MOUNTED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
 
 SECTION 119-HH. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
         119-II. CARPORT-MOUNTED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS.
   § 119-HH. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY DECLARES THAT  IT
 IS  THE  POLICY OF THIS STATE TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
 SOLAR ENERGY GENERATING SYSTEMS, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A SAFE,  ABUNDANT,
 RENEWABLE  AND  NON-POLLUTING  ENERGY  RESOURCE; TO DECREASE THE COST OF
 ELECTRICITY TO THE OWNERS  OF  RESIDENTIAL  AND  COMMERCIAL  PROPERTIES,
 INCLUDING  SINGLE-FAMILY  HOUSES;  TO  INCREASE  EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS
 DEVELOPMENT IN  THE  STATE,  TO  THE  EXTENT  REASONABLY  PRACTICAL,  BY
 FURTHERING  THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR
 THE DEVELOPMENT  OF  SOLAR  ENERGY  SYSTEMS  IN  NON-RESIDENTIAL  ZONING
 DISTRICTS AND MIXED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
   § 119-II. CARPORT-MOUNTED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS  ARTICLE  "CARPORT-MOUNTED  SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN A SOLAR
 ENERGY  SYSTEM NOT TO EXCEED FIVE MEGAWATTS OF GENERATING CAPACITY WHICH
 IS LOCATED AND MOUNTED ON A ROOF OR STRUCTURE ABOVE REAL PROPERTY EXCLU-
 SIVELY IN USE FOR VEHICLE PARKING.
   2. NO LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL UNDER ANY ZONING ORDINANCE,  ZONING  LAW,
 OR  LAW OR ORDINANCE OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY WHICH DETERMINES PERMISSI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01018-01-5

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