STATE OF NEW YORK
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8281--A
IN SENATE
February 9, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to zero-
emissions for trains
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 19-0306-b
2 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 109 of the
3 laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
4 Zero-emissions cars [and], trucks and trains.
5 1. It shall be a goal of the state that one hundred percent of new
6 passenger cars and trucks offered for sale or lease, or sold, or leased,
7 for registration in the state shall be zero-emissions by two thousand
8 thirty-five. It shall be a further goal of the state that one hundred
9 percent of trains purchased by the state or any public authority thereof
10 for commuter rail service as defined in paragraph a of subdivision one
11 of section ninety-seven-a of the railroad law, be zero-emissions by two
12 thousand thirty-five. It shall be a further goal of the state that one
13 hundred percent of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles offered for sale
14 or lease, or sold, or leased, for registration in the state be zero-em-
15 issions by two thousand forty-five for all operations where feasible. It
16 shall be further a goal of the state to transition to one hundred
17 percent zero-emissions from new off-road vehicles and equipment
18 purchased beginning in two thousand thirty-five, where feasible.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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