Bill Text: NY S06850 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and markets, in consultation with the commissioner of environmental conservation, to adopt rules and regulations setting forth standards relating to alternative fuel quality; authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and markets to inspect, test and take samples of alternative fuel kept, offered or exposed for sale or in the process of delivery or transport; defines the term "alternative fuel" means alcohols such as ethanol, methanol, butanol and non-petroleum liquid or gaseous fuels, other than alcohol, derived from biological materials; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-09 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7567A [S06850 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6850

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 19, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. KENNEDY -- (at request of the Department of Agricul-
          ture and Markets) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed
          to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to alterna-
          tive fuel standards and specifications

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

     1    Section 1.  Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 179 of  the  agri-
     2  culture and markets law, as added by chapter 190 of the laws of 1990, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    b.  Adopt  rules and regulations in consultation with the commissioner
     5  of environmental  conservation,  setting  forth  standards  relating  to
     6  petroleum  product  and  alternative  fuel  quality, specifications, and
     7  sampling and testing methods. Rules and regulations relating  to  octane
     8  ratings and lead content of gasoline shall be consistent with applicable
     9  federal statutes and regulations. Insofar as practicable, such rules and
    10  regulations  shall  be  consistent  with  standards  established  by the
    11  National Institute of Standards and Technology and the American  Society
    12  for  Testing  and  Materials.  For the purpose of this section, the term
    13  "alternative fuel" means alcohols such as ethanol, methanol, butanol and
    14  non-petroleum liquid or gaseous fuels, other than alcohol, derived  from
    15  biological materials.
    16    §  2.  Paragraph a of subdivision 19 of section 179 of the agriculture
    17  and markets law, as amended by chapter 190  of  the  laws  of  1990,  is
    18  amended to read as follows:
    19    a.  Inspect, test, and take samples, of any and all petroleum products
    20  and alternative fuel kept, offered or exposed for sale or in the process
    21  of delivery or transport and inspect any and all documents  and  records
    22  required  to be maintained by this article. The commissioner of taxation
    23  and finance may request from the commissioner cooperation and  technical
    24  assistance,  including,  among other things, the inspection, testing and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 6850                             2

     1  sampling of petroleum products, in connection  with  the  administration
     2  and  enforcement  of  the  fee  and  taxes  imposed with respect to such
     3  products by or pursuant to article twelve-A, thirteen-A, twenty-eight or
     4  twenty-nine of the tax law.
     5    §  3. Paragraphs b and c of subdivision 19 of section 179 of the agri-
     6  culture and markets law, as added by chapter 716 of the  laws  of  1989,
     7  are amended to read as follows:
     8    b. Provide test kits, sample containers and shipping and custody docu-
     9  ments  for  municipal  weights  and measures programs and reimburse such
    10  municipalities for the cost of petroleum product  and  alternative  fuel
    11  samples  and  sample  shipping  to  a testing facility designated by the
    12  commissioner.
    13    c. Provide financial reimbursement to  municipalities  for  activities
    14  undertaken  by  municipal  weights and measures programs, for one annual
    15  inspection, screening test, and sample of fuel being held, kept, stored,
    16  or transported in a terminal storage tank or in a storage  tank  located
    17  at  a retail fuel outlet and for all additional inspections of petroleum
    18  products and  alternative  fuel  prescribed  by  the  commissioner.  The
    19  commissioner,   by  regulation,  shall  establish  the  amount  of  such
    20  reimbursement and the means by which municipalities can qualify for such
    21  reimbursement.
    22    § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    23  have become a law.