Bill Text: NY A05776 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction & conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption by the state's motor vehicle fleet and to reduce solo trips between work and home by state employees; requires reporting to the governor and legislature.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-25 - print number 5776a [A05776 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5776
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 4, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, COLTON, DINOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, LUPARDO,
         RIVERA,  FINCH, THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, GOTT-
         FRIED, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY,  SALADINO,  SCHIMEL  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to the "state workforce
         fuel reduction and conservation act"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
    2  the "state workforce fuel reduction and conservation act".
    3    S 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  201-b  to
    4  read as follows:
    5    S  201-B.  STATE  WORKFORCE  FUEL  REDUCTION  AND CONSERVATION ACT. 1.
    6  THERE SHALL BE CREATED WITHIN THE OFFICE OF  GENERAL  SERVICES  A  STATE
    7  WORKFORCE  FUEL REDUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL HAVE THE
    8  PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING AND ASSISTING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF  STRATEGIES
    9  TO REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION BY THE STATE'S MOTOR VEHICULAR FLEET, AND
   10  TO  REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION THROUGH SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS BETWEEN
   11  HOME AND THE WORKPLACE BY STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS.
   12    2. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, IN COORDINATION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
   13  OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND THE OFFICE FOR TECHNOLOGY, SHALL  ISSUE
   14  A  REPORT  TO  THE  GOVERNOR  AND  THE LEGISLATURE ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER
   15  FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, SETTING FORTH A SPECIFIC PLAN TO REDUCE
   16  THE NUMBER OF SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS BETWEEN HOME AND THE WORKPLACE BY
   17  STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS. SUCH PLAN  SHALL  INCLUDE,  AT  A
   18  MINIMUM,  PROPOSALS  TO PROMOTE THE USE OF TRANSPORTATION OTHER THAN VIA
   19  SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES BY STATE EMPLOYEES TO AND FROM THE  WORKPLACE,
   20  AND WHILE AT THE WORKPLACE: PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION AND
   21  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  A  SOLO TRIP REDUCTION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE
   22  STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS TO  USE  AN  ALTERNATIVE  MODE  OF
   23  COMMUTING  SUCH  AS  CAR  OR VAN POOLS, MASS TRANSIT, BIKING OR WALKING;
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  AUTHORIZING STATE AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES TO  PERMIT  ALTERNATIVE  WORK
    2  SCHEDULES OR TELECOMMUTING FOR ALL STATE EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS WHERE
    3  DOING  SO  WOULD  RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN HOME-WORKPLACE TRAVEL WITHOUT
    4  DECREASING  EMPLOYEE  EFFICIENCY;  AND  A  PROPOSAL  TO  REIMBURSE STATE
    5  EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS FOR MASS TRANSIT COSTS WHERE DOING SO  RESULTS
    6  IN A NET REDUCTION IN SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS.
    7    3. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL REVIEW THE SIZE OF THE STATE'S
    8  VEHICULAR  FLEET,  THE  POLICIES GOVERNING THE USE OF SUCH FLEET AND THE
    9  ACTUAL USE OF SUCH FLEET, AND SHALL ISSUE TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGIS-
   10  LATURE ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, A SPECIFIC
   11  PLAN TO REDUCE THE USE  OF  SUCH  FLEET  IN  ORDER  TO  REDUCE  GASOLINE
   12  CONSUMPTION.
   13    S  3. Each state agency covered by section 201-b of the executive law,
   14  establishing a program to increase the average passenger  occupancy  per
   15  vehicle  in commuting trips between home and the workplace, shall report
   16  to the office of general services on the status of such  program  within
   17  one  hundred  eighty  days of the effective date of this act, and on the
   18  fifteenth day of January in each year thereafter.
   19    S 4. Each state agency that maintains its own  vehicular  fleet  shall
   20  perform  a  fuel  efficiency  audit of such fleet and shall provide such
   21  audit to the office of general services within one hundred  eighty  days
   22  of the effective date of this act.
   23    S  5.  The  department  of  motor  vehicles  shall develop programs to
   24  educate the driving public on "smart driving," trip reduction and  vehi-
   25  cle  maintenance  practices  that  are designed to maximize vehicle fuel
   26  efficiency. The department shall issue a report to the governor and  the
   27  legislature  on  or  before  November  15,  2016  on  the status of such
   28  program.
   29    S 6. Nothing in this act shall impair any agreements which may be made
   30  as a result of collective bargaining or other negotiations  between  the
   31  state and its affected employee organizations.
   32    S 7. This act shall take effect immediately.