Bill Text: NY S04762 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 4762 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides that diesel fuel that contains a concentration of sulfur that is less than or equal to fifteen parts per million shall not be sold or offered for sale unless such diesel fuel includes biodiesel as its lubrication additive.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-11 - PRINT NUMBER 4762A [S04762 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04762-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         4762--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 15, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
          -- recommitted to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  in
          accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law and the agriculture
          and markets law, in relation to the sale of diesel fuel
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  19-0107 of the environmental conservation law is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 25 to read as follows:
     3    25. "Biodiesel fuel" means  a  renewable,  biodegradable,  mono  alkyl
     4  ester  combustible  liquid  fuel derived from agricultural plant oils or
     5  animal fats and that meets American Society for  Testing  and  Materials
     6  Specification D6751 for Biodiesel Fuel (B100) Blend Stock for Distillate
     7  Fuels as updated.
     8    §  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 19-0301 of the environmental conserva-
     9  tion law is amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
    10    f. Cooperate with the department of agriculture and markets to  ensure
    11  an  efficient transition to the use of biodiesel fuel as the lubrication
    12  additive for low-sulfur diesel fuel.
    13    § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 192-c of the agriculture and markets law
    14  is amended by adding a new paragraph k to read as follows:
    15    k. "Biodiesel fuel" means a renewable, biodegradable, mono alkyl ester
    16  combustible liquid fuel derived from agricultural plant oils  or  animal
    17  fats  and that meets American Society for Testing and Materials Specifi-
    18  cation D6751 for Biodiesel Fuel (B100) Blend Stock for Distillate  Fuels
    19  as updated.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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