Bill Text: NY A06811 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides that NYSERDA shall establish a program to provide rebates or new lithium-ion batteries for powered mobility devices at reduced cost or no cost to certain individuals; sets standards for lithium-ion batteries provided pursuant to the program; requires NYSERDA to submit an annual report on such program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [A06811 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A06811-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6811--C 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, ARDILA, COLTON, DAVI- LA, HYNDMAN, FAHY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend- ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing a lithium-ion battery safety program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1854 of the public authorities law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 27 to read as follows: 3 27. Lithium-ion battery safety program. (a) For purposes of this 4 subdivision, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 (i) "Lithium-ion battery" means a storage battery in which an elec- 6 trical current is generated by lithium ions embedded in a carbon 7 graphite or nickel metal-oxide substrate placed in a high-viscosity 8 carbonate mixture or gelled polymer electrolyte. 9 (ii) "Powered mobility device" means a bicycle with electric assist as 10 defined by section one hundred two-c of the vehicle and traffic law, an 11 electric scooter as defined by section one hundred fourteen-e of the 12 vehicle and traffic law, a limited use motorcycle as defined by section 13 one hundred twenty-one-b of the vehicle and traffic law, which is 14 powered wholly or partially by an electric motor, an electrical personal 15 assistive mobility device as defined in section one hundred fourteen-d 16 of the vehicle and traffic law or other personal mobility device 17 equipped with a lithium-ion or other storage battery, including but not 18 limited to, a skateboard, unicycle, or other similar wheeled device. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10788-06-4A. 6811--C 2 1 (iii) "Accredited testing laboratory" means a nationally recognized 2 testing laboratory as recognized by the federal occupational safety and 3 health administration or an independent laboratory that has been certi- 4 fied by an accrediting body to ISO 17025 or ISO 17065. 5 (b) No later than one year after the effective date of this subdivi- 6 sion, the authority, in collaboration with the department of environ- 7 mental conservation and any other appropriate agency, shall develop and 8 administer a program to provide rebates or new lithium-ion batteries for 9 powered mobility devices at reduced cost or no cost to eligible individ- 10 uals. 11 (c) The program created pursuant to this subdivision shall include 12 either rebates or the exchange of new lithium-ion batteries for used 13 lithium-ion batteries. 14 (d) Within one year of the effective date of this subdivision, the 15 authority shall implement and administer this subdivision including 16 promulgating rules relating to the forms required to claim a rebate or 17 exchange a lithium-ion battery, the required documentation for estab- 18 lishing eligibility, procedures and guidelines for claiming a rebate or 19 exchanging a lithium-ion battery, and the collection of economic impact 20 data from applicants and any other requirements the authority deems 21 necessary. 22 (e) All new batteries provided pursuant to such program shall be 23 certified by an accredited testing laboratory for compliance with a 24 battery standard referenced in UL 2849, UL 2271, UL 2272 or EN 15194, or 25 such other safety standard approved by the department of state pursuant 26 to regulation. Such certification or the logo, wordmark, or name of such 27 accredited testing laboratory must be displayed on packaging or documen- 28 tation at the time of sale for the product or directly on the product 29 itself. 30 (f) No later than April first, two thousand twenty-five, and annually 31 thereafter, the authority shall issue a report to the governor, the 32 temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly 33 detailing the status of the program created under this subdivision. Such 34 report shall at a minimum include: 35 (i) the amount of funding dedicated by the authority for such program 36 in the preceding year; 37 (ii) the number of rebates awarded; 38 (iii) the number of exchanges provided; 39 (iv) the amount and geographic distribution of rebates; and 40 (v) any other information the authority deems necessary. 41 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
