Bill Text: NY S06454 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the definition of eligible vehicles for climate smart community projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-01 - PRINT NUMBER 6454A [S06454 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06454-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         6454--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 11, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, BIAGGI, MONTGOMERY, MYRIE -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Rules -- 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, in relation to the
          definition of eligible vehicles for climate smart community projects

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

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section
     2  54-1521  of the environmental conservation law, as added by section 5 of
     3  part U of chapter 58 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (i) has up to four wheels;
     5    § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 54-1521 of  the  environ-
     6  mental  conservation  law, as added by section 5 of part U of chapter 58
     7  of the laws  of 2016, is amended to read as follows
     8    b. The department, in consultation with  the  New  York  state  energy
     9  research  and  development  authority, shall determine the amount of the
    10  rebate taking into consideration the electric range of the  vehicle  and
    11  the  estimated  annual  greenhouse  gas emissions reductions provided by
    12  that vehicle  as  compared  to  a  similar  internal  combustion  engine
    13  vehicle,  provided  that  a  rebate of an eligible purchase shall be not
    14  [less than seven hundred fifty dollars per vehicle and  not]  more  than
    15  five thousand dollars per vehicle.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13298-02-0