Bill Text: NY S00314 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the New York state energy and development authority to establish a ride clean rebate program for electric assist bicycles and electric scooters; defines terms; provides a fifty percent rebate for eligible purchases.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-4)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-16 - referred to ways and means [S00314 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00314-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         314--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, ADDABBO, ASHBY, BRISPORT, COONEY, GIANARIS,
          GONZALEZ,  HARCKHAM,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  JACKSON,  KAVANAGH,  MAY, RAMOS,
          RIVERA, SEPULVEDA, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
          cations in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to directing the
          New  York state energy research and development authority to establish
          a ride clean rebate program

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

     1    Section  1.    The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1885 to read as follows:
     3    § 1885. Ride clean rebate program. 1. For  purposes  of  this  section
     4  "eligible  purchase"  shall mean the purchase of a bicycle with electric
     5  assist, as defined in section one hundred two-c of the vehicle and traf-
     6  fic law, or the purchase of an electric scooter, as defined  in  section
     7  one hundred fourteen-e of the vehicle and traffic law, that: (a) has not
     8  been  modified from the original manufacturer's specifications; (b) uses
     9  a battery that has been certified by an  accredited  testing  laboratory
    10  for  compliance  with  a battery standard; and (c) such certification or
    11  the logo, wordmark, or name of such accredited testing laboratory  shall
    12  be  displayed  on packaging or documentation at the time of sale for the
    13  product or directly on the product itself.
    14    2. The authority shall develop a  program,  entitled  the  ride  clean
    15  rebate program, to encourage the deployment of bicycles with an electric
    16  assist and electric scooters.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00300-09-4
        S. 314--A                           2

     1    3.  The program created pursuant to this section shall include a fifty
     2  percent rebate, for eligible purchases, provided that a  rebate  for  an
     3  eligible  purchase  shall  not  exceed  one thousand one hundred dollars
     4  ($1,100).
     5    4. No later than one year from the effective date of this section, the
     6  authority  shall  implement  and administer this section including rules
     7  relating to the forms required to claim a rebate, the required  documen-
     8  tation  for establishing eligibility for a rebate, procedures and guide-
     9  lines for claiming a rebate, and the collection of economic impact  data
    10  from  applicants  and  any other requirements the authority deems neces-
    11  sary. The authority shall determine and publish on  its  website  on  an
    12  ongoing  basis  the amount of available funding for rebates remaining in
    13  each fiscal year.
    14    5. No later than April first, two  thousand  twenty-six  and  annually
    15  thereafter,  the  authority shall issue a report to the temporary presi-
    16  dent of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate
    17  committee on energy and telecommunications and the chair of the assembly
    18  committee on energy detailing the status of its program to encourage the
    19  deployment of bicycles with an electric assist  and  electric  scooters.
    20  Such report shall include:
    21    a. the amount of funding dedicated by the authority for the program in
    22  the preceding year;
    23    b. the amount of eligible purchases for which a rebate was awarded;
    24    c. the amount and geographic distribution of rebates; and
    25    d. any other information the authority deems necessary.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.