Bill Text: NY A01954 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes a biodiesel grant program for the agricultural production of biodiesel fuel; defines biodiesel fuel as a fuel comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, designated B100, and meeting the requirements of the American Society of Testing and Materials designation of D 6751; establishes the biodiesel grant program fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-20 - print number 1954b [A01954 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01954-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1954--B
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 13, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Energy -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted  to  the
          Committee  on  Energy  in  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the state finance law, in
          relation  to  a grant program for the agricultural production of biod-
          iesel fuel and a fund for the administration of such program
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1884 to read as follows:
     3    § 1884. Biodiesel grant program. 1. The authority shall provide grants
     4  of matching funds for costs associated with the agricultural  production
     5  of biodiesel fuel.
     6    2.  All  moneys received or accepted pursuant to this section shall be
     7  deposited into the biodiesel grant program fund established pursuant  to
     8  section ninety-nine-y of the state finance law.
     9    3.  For  purposes  of this section, "biodiesel fuel" shall mean a fuel
    10  comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty  acids  derived  from
    11  vegetable oils or animal fats, designated B100, and meeting the require-
    12  ments of the ASTM of D 6751.
    13    4.  The  authority  shall establish guidelines for the application and
    14  administration of the biodiesel grant program.
    15    § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-y  to
    16  read as follows:
    17    §  99-y.  Biodiesel grant program fund. 1. There is hereby established
    18  in the joint custody of the comptroller and the chairman of the New York
    19  state energy research and development authority, a fund to be  known  as
    20  the biodiesel grant program fund.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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