Bill Text: NY A03421 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to including provisions where it is the duty of the department of environmental conservation to establish a method for individuals and businesses to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions and best management and procurement practices for state agencies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-08-16 - tabled [A03421 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A03421-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3421
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. SWEENEY, ENGLEBRIGHT, SCHIMEL -- Multi-Sponsored
         by -- M. of A.  SALADINO -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         including  provisions  where it is the duty of the department of envi-
         ronmental conservation to establish a method for individuals and busi-
         nesses to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions and best management
         and procurement practices for state agencies to  reduce  their  green-
         house gas emissions
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2  of  section  19-0301  of  the  environmental
    2  conservation law is amended by adding two new paragraphs f and g to read
    3  as follows:
    4    F.  ESTABLISH  AND  PROMOTE  ON  THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, A MEANS FOR
    5  INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES TO CALCULATE THEIR GREENHOUSE  GAS  EMISSIONS
    6  AND OFFER RECOMMENDATIONS ON STEPS TO REDUCE SUCH EMISSIONS.
    7    G.  DEVELOP, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
    8  OPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE CLIMATE CHANGE TASK FORCE, BEST MANAGEMENT  AND
    9  PROCUREMENT  PRACTICES FOR STATE AGENCIES TO REDUCE THEIR GREENHOUSE GAS
   10  EMISSIONS AND ASSIST SUCH AGENCIES IN THEIR IMPLEMENTATION.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02979-01-9