Bill Text: NY A09046 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9046 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the purchase of zero-emission buses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-10 - referred to transportation [A09046 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09046-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9046

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 10, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation

        AN  ACT  to amend the transportation law, in relation to the purchase of
          zero-emission buses

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
     2  17-c to read as follows:
     3    § 17-c. Zero-emission buses. 1. No later than January first, two thou-
     4  sand twenty-nine, every public transportation system eligible to receive
     5  operating assistance under the provisions of section eighteen-b  of  the
     6  transportation  law  shall  be  required  to purchase only zero-emission
     7  buses and related  equipment  and  facilities  as  part  of  the  normal
     8  replacement of its fleet.
     9    2. For purposes of this section "zero-emission bus" shall mean a motor
    10  vehicle  that  has  a  seating capacity of fifteen or more passengers in
    11  addition to the driver and used for the transportation  of  persons;  is
    12  propelled  by  an  electric motor and associated power electronics which
    13  provide acceleration torque to the drive wheels  during  normal  vehicle
    14  operation  and  draws  electricity  from  a hydrogen fuel cell or from a
    15  battery which is capable of being recharged from an external  source  of
    16  electricity; or otherwise operates without direct emission of atmospher-
    17  ic pollutants.
    18    § 2. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 18-c to
    19  read as follows:
    20    §  18-c.  Capital  plan  requirements.  In  formulating  the five-year
    21  department of transportation capital plans, the  department  shall:  (a)
    22  consider  the  requirement of section seventeen-c of this article in its
    23  disbursement of payment for the costs  of  mass  transportation  capital
    24  projects  and  facilities and give preference in the form of payments to
    25  public transportation systems eligible to receive  operating  assistance
    26  under the provisions of section eighteen-b of this article that are able
    27  to  demonstrate  commitments made towards purchasing zero-emission buses
    28  and related equipment and facilities; and (b) facilitate for purposes of

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  meeting the requirement of section seventeen-c of this article the coor-
     2  dination of purchasing, installation and sharing services between public
     3  transportation systems serving primarily outside the city of New York.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.