STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5178 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 12, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 use of biodiesel fuel in state vehicles The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 201-b 2 to read as follows: 3 § 201-b. Use of biodiesel in state vehicles. 1. Any diesel operated 4 vehicles within the state fleet shall be replaced or retrofitted to 5 operate on a biodiesel blend at the following levels: 6 a. For January first, two thousand twenty through December thirty- 7 first, two thousand twenty, five percent biodiesel blend; 8 b. For January first, two thousand twenty-one through December thir- 9 ty-first, two thousand twenty-one, ten percent biodiesel blend; 10 c. For January first, two thousand twenty-two and thereafter, twenty 11 percent biodiesel blend. 12 2. For purposes of this section, "biodiesel blend" shall mean renewa- 13 ble, biodegradable, mono alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel derived 14 from agricultural plant oils, animal fats or waste oils and greases. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01524-01-9