Bill Text: NY A05071 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts state owned, leased or operated on behalf of, heavy duty vehicles operating on biodiesel from the diesel emissions reduction act of 2006; defines biodiesel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A05071 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05071-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5071
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 12, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         exempting state owned heavy duty vehicles or heavy duty vehicles under
         contract  with  the state operating on biodiesel from the diesel emis-
         sions reduction act of 2006
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  19-0323 of the environmental
    2  conservation law is amended by adding a  new  paragraph  e  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    E. "BIODIESEL FUEL" MEANS A DIESEL MOTOR FUEL SUBSTITUTE PRODUCED FROM
    5  NONPETROLEUM  RENEWABLE  RESOURCES  THAT MEETS THE REGISTRATION REQUIRE-
    6  MENTS FOR FUELS AND FUEL  ADDITIVES  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
    7  PROTECTION  AGENCY  UNDER  SECTION  211  OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT (42 U.S.C.
    8  7545) AND THAT MEETS THE AMERICAN  SOCIETY  FOR  TESTING  AND  MATERIALS
    9  D6751-02A STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR BIODIESEL FUEL (B100) OR ANY DERIV-
   10  ATIVE  THEREOF  BLEND STOCK FOR DISTILLATE FUELS THAT HAS BEEN PURCHASED
   11  FROM A COMMERCIALLY OWNED FUELING STATION, LICENSED AND  OPERATED  UNDER
   12  STANDARDS SET FORTH BY STATE LAW.
   13    S  2. Section 19-0323 of the environmental conservation law is amended
   14  by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   15    9. ANY DIESEL POWERED HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE THAT IS OWNED BY, OPERATED BY
   16  OR ON BEHALF OF, OR LEASED BY A STATE  AGENCY  AND  STATE  AND  REGIONAL
   17  PUBLIC  AUTHORITY  WHICH  EXCLUSIVELY  USES BIODIESEL FUEL AS DEFINED IN
   18  PARAGRAPH E OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM  THE
   19  PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   20    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   21  it  shall have become a law. Provided, however, that the commissioner of
   22  environmental conservation shall take any action necessary for the time-
   23  ly implementation of this act on or before the date on  which  it  shall
   24  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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