Bill Text: NY A08563 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Enacts energy efficiency standards for televisions; amends definition of television and adds other, related definitions.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-12-15 - enacting clause stricken [A08563 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08563-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          8563
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      July 10, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. KAVANAGH, COLTON, HOOPER, PEOPLES-STOKES, COOK,
          FINCH, PERRY,  GALEF,  ROSENTHAL,  GOTTFRIED,  RIVERA,  PAULIN,  OTIS,
          ENGLEBRIGHT,  ABINANTI,  FAHY, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
        AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation  to  increasing  the  energy
          efficiency of televisions
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 16-102 of the energy law is amended by adding three
     2  new subdivisions 7-a, 10-a and 33-a to read as follows:
     3    7-a. "Combination television" means a system in which a television  or
     4  television  monitor  and  an additional device or devices including, but
     5  not limited to, a DVD player, an HDD player or a VCR, are combined  into
     6  a single unit and included in the television casing.
     7    10-a.  "Component  television"  means  a television composed of two or
     8  more separate  components  (e.g.  separate  display  device  and  tuner)
     9  marketed and sold as a television under one model or system designation.
    10  The system may have more than one power cord.
    11    33-a.  "Television  monitor"  means a television that does not have an
    12  internal tuner, receiver, or playback device.
    13    § 2. Subdivision 33 of section 16-102 of the energy law, as  added  by
    14  chapter 431 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
    15    33. "Television (TV)" means [a commercially available electronic prod-
    16  uct  consisting  of  a  tuner/receiver and a monitor encased in a single
    17  housing, which is designed to receive and display an analog  or  digital
    18  video  television  signal  broadcast by an antenna, satellite, cable, or
    19  broadband source. "Television" does not include multifunction TVs  which
    20  have  VCR,  DVD,  DVR,  or  EPG  functions]  an analog or digital device
    21  designed primarily for the  display  and  reception  of  a  terrestrial,
    22  satellite,  cable  internet  protocol  TV  (IPTV)  or other broadcast or
    23  recorded transmission of analog or digital signals. Televisions  include
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02363-01-7

        A. 8563                             2
     1  combination televisions, television monitors, component televisions, and
     2  any product that is marketed as a television.
     3    §  3.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2 of section 16-106 of the energy
     4  law, as added by chapter 431 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read  as
     5  follows:
     6    (a)  On  or before June thirtieth, two thousand six, the secretary, in
     7  consultation with the president, shall adopt regulations  in  accordance
     8  with  the provisions of this article establishing: (i) energy efficiency
     9  performance standards for new products of the types set forth  in  para-
    10  graphs  (a)  through  [(n)]  (s) of subdivision one of section 16-104 of
    11  this article, with the exception of  such  paragraph  (g)  (incandescent
    12  reflector  lamps);  (ii) procedures for testing the energy efficiency of
    13  the products covered by paragraphs (a) through [(n)] (s) of  subdivision
    14  one  of section 16-104 of this article; (iii) procedures for manufactur-
    15  ers to certify that products covered under this article meet the  energy
    16  efficiency standards to be promulgated under this article; and (iv) such
    17  further matters as are necessary to insure the proper implementation and
    18  enforcement of the provisions of this article. With respect to incandes-
    19  cent  reflector  lamps,  included in paragraph (g) of subdivision one of
    20  section 16-104 of this article, the secretary, in consultation with  the
    21  president,  shall  conduct  a study to determine whether an energy effi-
    22  ciency performance standard for  such  product  should  be  established,
    23  taking  into account factors including the potential impact on electric-
    24  ity usage, product availability and consumer and environmental benefits.
    25  If it is determined based on this  study  that  such  a  standard  would
    26  reduce  energy  use  and  would not be preempted by the federal law, the
    27  secretary, in consultation with the president, shall  adopt  regulations
    28  in  accordance  with  the provisions of this article establishing energy
    29  performance standards for such product on or before January  first,  two
    30  thousand  eight.  With  respect  to  televisions included in subdivision
    31  thirty-three of section  16-102  of  this  article,  the  secretary,  in
    32  consultation  with the president, shall adopt energy efficiency perform-
    33  ance standards that conform to appliance efficiency standards  for  such
    34  products established by the California Energy Commission.
    35    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    36  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    37  ment, or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary  for  the  timely
    38  implementation  of  this  act  on or before its effective date is hereby
    39  authorized to be made.
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