Bill Text: NY A09514 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Requires applications for licenses granted by certain entities to include specific information to enable such entities to evaluate such license applications for compliance with the goals set forth in the New York state climate leadership and community protection act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-18 - print number 9514a [A09514 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A09514-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Requires applications for licenses granted by certain entities to include specific information to enable such entities to evaluate such license applications for compliance with the goals set forth in the New York state climate leadership and community protection act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-18 - print number 9514a [A09514 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A09514-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9514 IN ASSEMBLY March 16, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the state administrative procedure act, in relation to requiring state agencies to evaluate bids and license applications for compliance with the goals set forth in the New York state climate leadership and community protection act The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 2 139-m to read as follows: 3 § 139-m. Obligation to comply with the New York state climate leader- 4 ship and community protection act goals. 1. Every state agency shall 5 evaluate bids for compliance with the goals set forth in the New York 6 state climate leadership and community protection act. 7 2. Each bidder shall submit with its bid information stating: 8 (a) how the project aligns with the New York state climate leadership 9 and community protection act, including: 10 (i) how the project aligns with the greenhouse gas emission limits set 11 forth in section 75-0107 of the environmental conservation law; 12 (ii) what are the estimated greenhouse gas emissions resulting from 13 the project; 14 (iii) what energy source will be used; 15 (iv) what are the short-term and long-term energy sources that will be 16 used for the project and what are the anticipated short-term and long- 17 term effects of using such energy sources; 18 (b) how the project will impact the goals set forth in the New York 19 state climate leadership and community protection act, including calcu- 20 lations of energy usage, incorporating upstream impacts from point of 21 energy usage; 22 (c) an assessment of impact on environmental justice pursuant to arti- 23 cle forty-eight of the environmental conservation law; and 24 (d) the number of jobs estimated to be created as a result of the 25 project, if any. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14564-01-2A. 9514 2 1 3. State agencies shall evaluate the information provided in the bid 2 pursuant to subdivision two of this section to determine how closely the 3 bid aligns to the goals set forth in the New York state climate leader- 4 ship and community protection act and shall take such information into 5 account when making a final determination on the bid. 6 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 163 of the state finance law is amended 7 by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows: 8 g. To ensure compliance with the goals set forth in the New York state 9 climate leadership and community protection act by requiring bids to 10 include information stating how the bid aligns with the act, including: 11 how the bid aligns with the greenhouse gas emission limits set forth in 12 section 75-0107 of the environmental conservation law; what are the 13 estimated greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the bid; what energy 14 source will be used; and what are the short-term and long-term energy 15 sources that will be used for the bid and what are the anticipated 16 short-term and long-term effects of using such energy sources; how the 17 bid will impact the goals set forth in the New York state climate lead- 18 ership and community protection act, including calculations of energy 19 usage, incorporating upstream impacts from point of energy usage; an 20 assessment of impact on environmental justice pursuant to article 21 forty-eight of the environmental conservation law; and the number of 22 jobs estimated to be created as a result of the project, if any. 23 § 3. Section 163 of the state finance law is amended by adding a new 24 subdivision 16 to read as follows: 25 16. Compliance with the New York state climate leadership and communi- 26 ty protection act. It shall be the responsibility of the head of each 27 state agency to review and, as needed, revise the procurement process to 28 ensure that state agency purchases are conducted in a manner that is 29 consistent with the goals set forth in the New York state climate lead- 30 ership and community protection act. Such process shall require that 31 each bidder include information stating: 32 a. how the bid aligns with the New York state climate leadership and 33 community protection act, including: 34 (i) how the bid aligns with the greenhouse gas emission limits set 35 forth in section 75-0107 of the environmental conservation law; 36 (ii) what are the estimated greenhouse gas emissions resulting from 37 the bid; 38 (iii) what energy source will be used; 39 (iv) what are the short-term and long-term energy sources that will be 40 used for the bid and what are the anticipated short-term and long-term 41 effects of using such energy sources; 42 b. how the bid will impact the goals set forth in the New York state 43 climate leadership and community protection act, including calculations 44 of energy usage, incorporating upstream impacts from point of energy 45 usage; 46 c. an assessment of impact on environmental justice pursuant to arti- 47 cle forty-eight of the environmental conservation law; and 48 d. the number of jobs estimated to be created as a result of the bid, 49 if any. 50 § 4. The state administrative procedure act is amended by adding a new 51 section 403 to read as follows: 52 § 403. Compliance with the New York state climate leadership and 53 community protection act. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 54 contrary, a state agency shall, by promulgation of regulations, require 55 an application for a license to include information regarding compliance 56 with the goals set forth in the New York state climate leadership andA. 9514 3 1 community protection act. Such information shall require that each 2 applicant provide information stating: 3 a. how the license aligns with the New York state climate leadership 4 and community protection act, including: 5 (i) how the license aligns with the greenhouse gas emission limits set 6 forth in section 75-0107 of the environmental conservation law; 7 (ii) what are the estimated greenhouse gas emissions resulting from 8 the license; 9 (iii) what energy source will be used; 10 (iv) what are the short-term and long-term energy sources that will be 11 used for the license and what are the anticipated short-term and long- 12 term effects of using such energy sources; 13 b. how the license will impact the goals set forth in the New York 14 state climate leadership and community protection act, including calcu- 15 lations of energy usage, incorporating upstream impacts from point of 16 energy usage; 17 c. an assessment of impact on environmental justice pursuant to arti- 18 cle forty-eight of the environmental conservation law; and 19 d. the number of jobs estimated to be created as a result of the 20 license, if any. 21 2. This section shall apply to applications for the issuance, modifi- 22 cation or renewal of any permit, license, certificate, approval, regis- 23 tration, charter, or similar form of permission or authority required by 24 law, or by state agency rules having the force and effect of law, which 25 is required for a business undertaking, project or activity for an 26 applicant, but shall not include bonds or other forms of security 27 required to be submitted by applicants, any individual licenses for 28 practicing a profession prescribed in title eight of the education law, 29 filings under the uniform commercial code, or routine licenses and 30 permits for individual privileges, including licenses for operating a 31 motor vehicle. 32 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.