Bill Text: NY S07349 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the purchase of zero-emission buses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-21 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S07349 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S07349-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7349 IN SENATE January 21, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to the purchase of zero-emission buses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 2 17-c to read as follows: 3 § 17-c. Zero-emission buses. 1. No later than January first, two thou- 4 sand twenty-nine, every public transportation system eligible to receive 5 operating assistance under the provisions of section eighteen-b of the 6 transportation law shall be required to purchase only zero-emission 7 buses and related equipment and facilities as part of the normal 8 replacement of its fleet. 9 2. For purposes of this section "zero-emission bus" shall mean a motor 10 vehicle that has a seating capacity of fifteen or more passengers in 11 addition to the driver and used for the transportation of persons; is 12 propelled by an electric motor and associated power electronics which 13 provide acceleration torque to the drive wheels during normal vehicle 14 operation and draws electricity from a hydrogen fuel cell or from a 15 battery which is capable of being recharged from an external source of 16 electricity; or otherwise operates without direct emission of atmospher- 17 ic pollutants. 18 § 2. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 18-c to 19 read as follows: 20 § 18-c. Capital plan requirements. In formulating the five-year 21 department of transportation capital plans, the department shall: (a) 22 consider the requirement of section seventeen-c of this article in its 23 disbursement of payment for the costs of mass transportation capital 24 projects and facilities and give preference in the form of payments to 25 public transportation systems eligible to receive operating assistance 26 under the provisions of section eighteen-b of this article that are able 27 to demonstrate commitments made towards purchasing zero-emission buses 28 and related equipment and facilities; and (b) facilitate for purposes of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14589-01-9S. 7349 2 1 meeting the requirement of section seventeen-c of this article the coor- 2 dination of purchasing, installation and sharing services between public 3 transportation systems serving primarily outside the city of New York. 4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.