Bill Text: NY A03421 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2010-08-16 - tabled [A03421 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A03421-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3421 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2009 ___________ 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