Bill Text: NY A07782 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs a feasibility study on installing solar panels on all public buildings.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A07782 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A07782-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7782 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 15, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to direct the office of general services to conduct a feasibility study on installing solar panels on all public buildings under the jurisdiction of the office of general services; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The office of general services, in consultation with the 2 department of environmental conservation, shall study the cost and 3 viability of installing solar panels on all public buildings under the 4 jurisdiction of the office of general services. Such study shall also 5 identify buildings that have a historic design that the office deter- 6 mines shall be unduly burdened by solar panels; and buildings that the 7 office determines do not receive adequate sunlight to justify the cost 8 of installation of solar panels. 9 § 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the 10 office of general services shall report its findings of such study to 11 the governor and the legislature, as described under section one of this 12 act. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be 14 deemed repealed one year after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09718-01-3