Bill Text: NY A10704 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority in cooperation with the department of transportation to establish the New York state hydrogen vehicle task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on the potential effects of expanding the fleet of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-08-28 - referred to energy [A10704 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A10704-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10704

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 28, 2024
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Durso) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Energy

        AN ACT to establish the hydrogen vehicle task force

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

     1    Section 1. The New York state energy research and development authori-
     2  ty  in  cooperation  with  the  department  of  transportation is hereby
     3  authorized to establish the New York state hydrogen vehicle  task  force
     4  to  provide  the  governor  and  the legislature with information on the
     5  potential effects of expanding the fleet of hydrogen fuel cell  vehicles
     6  in the state.
     7    § 2. The task force shall be comprised of:
     8    a. two members appointed by the governor;
     9    b. two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
    10    c. two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
    11    d. two members appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
    12    e. two members appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
    13    f.  two  members  appointed by the superintendent of the department of
    14  financial services;
    15    g. one member appointed by the president  of  New  York  state  energy
    16  research and development authority;
    17    h. one member appointed by the commissioner of transportation; and
    18    i. one member appointed by the Manufacturing Alliance of New York.
    19    § 3. The task force shall:
    20    a.  examine and evaluate the use of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles within
    21  the state;
    22    b. identify the potential effects of expanding  the  use  of  hydrogen
    23  fuel cell vehicles; and
    24    c.  make  recommendations  on  expanding the use of hydrogen fuel cell
    25  vehicles within the state.
    26    § 4. Such task force shall collaborate with state and city of New York
    27  agencies.
    28    § 5. The New York state  energy  research  and  development  authority
    29  shall submit a report, on or before the first of January second succeed-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  ing  the effective date of this act, to the governor and the legislature
     2  of its findings, conclusions and recommendations,  and  legislative  and
     3  regulatory proposals deemed necessary to implement such recommendations.
     4    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.