Bill Text: NY S01232 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction & conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption by the state's motor vehicle fleet and to reduce solo trips between work and home by state employees; requires reporting to the governor and legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-13 - PRINT NUMBER 1232A [S01232 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1232
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 9, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
         ment Operations
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the  "state  workforce
         fuel reduction and conservation act"
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
    2  the "state workforce fuel reduction and conservation act".
    3    S  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 201-b to
    4  read as follows:
    5    S 201-B. STATE WORKFORCE  FUEL  REDUCTION  AND  CONSERVATION  ACT.  1.
    6  THERE  SHALL  BE  CREATED  WITHIN THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES A STATE
    7  WORKFORCE FUEL REDUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL HAVE  THE
    8  PURPOSE  OF DEVELOPING AND ASSISTING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES
    9  TO REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION BY THE STATE'S MOTOR VEHICULAR FLEET, AND
   10  TO REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION THROUGH SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS  BETWEEN
   11  HOME AND THE WORKPLACE BY STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS.
   12    2. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, IN COORDINATION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
   13  OFFICE  OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND THE OFFICE FOR TECHNOLOGY, SHALL ISSUE
   14  A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND  THE  LEGISLATURE  ON  OR  BEFORE  NOVEMBER
   15  FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, SETTING FORTH A SPECIFIC PLAN TO REDUCE
   16  THE NUMBER OF SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS BETWEEN HOME AND THE WORKPLACE BY
   17  STATE  EMPLOYEES  AND  STATE  CONTRACTORS. SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE, AT A
   18  MINIMUM, PROPOSALS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF TRANSPORTATION OTHER  THAN  VIA
   19  SINGLE  OCCUPANCY VEHICLES BY STATE EMPLOYEES TO AND FROM THE WORKPLACE,
   20  AND WHILE AT THE WORKPLACE: PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION AND
   21  IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOLO TRIP REDUCTION PROGRAM  DESIGNED  TO  ENCOURAGE
   22  STATE  EMPLOYEES  AND  STATE  CONTRACTORS  TO USE AN ALTERNATIVE MODE OF
   23  COMMUTING SUCH AS CAR OR VAN POOLS, MASS  TRANSIT,  BIKING  OR  WALKING;
   24  AUTHORIZING  STATE  AGENCIES  AND AUTHORITIES TO PERMIT ALTERNATIVE WORK
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  SCHEDULES OR TELECOMMUTING FOR ALL STATE EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS WHERE
    2  DOING SO WOULD RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN  HOME-WORKPLACE  TRAVEL  WITHOUT
    3  DECREASING  EMPLOYEE  EFFICIENCY;  AND  A  PROPOSAL  TO  REIMBURSE STATE
    4  EMPLOYEES  AND CONTRACTORS FOR MASS TRANSIT COSTS WHERE DOING SO RESULTS
    5  IN A NET REDUCTION IN SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS.
    6    3. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL REVIEW THE SIZE OF THE STATE'S
    7  VEHICULAR FLEET, THE POLICIES GOVERNING THE USE OF SUCH  FLEET  AND  THE
    8  ACTUAL USE OF SUCH FLEET, AND SHALL ISSUE TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGIS-
    9  LATURE ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, A SPECIFIC
   10  PLAN  TO  REDUCE  THE  USE  OF  SUCH  FLEET  IN ORDER TO REDUCE GASOLINE
   11  CONSUMPTION.
   12    S 3. Each state agency covered by section 201-b of the executive  law,
   13  establishing  a  program to increase the average passenger occupancy per
   14  vehicle in commuting trips between home and the workplace, shall  report
   15  to  the  office of general services on the status of such program within
   16  one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this act,  and  on  the
   17  fifteenth day of January in each year thereafter.
   18    S  4.  Each  state agency that maintains its own vehicular fleet shall
   19  perform a fuel efficiency audit of such fleet  and  shall  provide  such
   20  audit  to  the office of general services within one hundred eighty days
   21  of the effective date of this act.
   22    S 5. The department  of  motor  vehicles  shall  develop  programs  to
   23  educate  the driving public on "smart driving," trip reduction and vehi-
   24  cle maintenance practices that are designed  to  maximize  vehicle  fuel
   25  efficiency.  The department shall issue a report to the governor and the
   26  legislature on or before  November  15,  2016  on  the  status  of  such
   27  program.
   28    S 6. Nothing in this act shall impair any agreements which may be made
   29  as  a  result of collective bargaining or other negotiations between the
   30  state and its affected employee organizations.
   31    S 7. This act shall take effect immediately.