Bill Text: NY A00476 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction & conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption by the state's motor vehicle fleet and to reduce solo trips between work and home by state employees; requires reporting to the governor and legislature.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A00476 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00476-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          476
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, COLTON, DINOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, LUPARDO,
         MILLMAN,  REILLY,  J. RIVERA, P. RIVERA, SPANO, STIRPE, ERRIGO, FINCH,
         THIELE, TOBACCO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BOYLAND,  CROUCH,
         DIAZ,  GOTTFRIED,  KOON,  MAYERSOHN,  PEOPLES, PERRY, QUINN, SALADINO,
         WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Governmental
         Operations
       AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to the "state workforce
         fuel reduction and conservation act"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
    2  the "state workforce fuel reduction and conservation act".
    3    S 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  201-b  to
    4  read as follows:
    5    S  201-B.  STATE  WORKFORCE  FUEL  REDUCTION  AND CONSERVATION ACT. 1.
    6  THERE SHALL BE CREATED WITHIN THE OFFICE OF  GENERAL  SERVICES  A  STATE
    7  WORKFORCE  FUEL REDUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL HAVE THE
    8  PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING AND ASSISTING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF  STRATEGIES
    9  TO REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION BY THE STATE'S MOTOR VEHICULAR FLEET, AND
   10  TO  REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION THROUGH SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS BETWEEN
   11  HOME AND THE WORKPLACE BY STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS.
   12    2. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, IN COORDINATION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
   13  OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND THE OFFICE FOR TECHNOLOGY, SHALL  ISSUE
   14  A  REPORT  TO  THE  GOVERNOR  AND THE LEGISLATURE ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER
   15  FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND NINE, SETTING FORTH A SPECIFIC  PLAN  TO  REDUCE
   16  THE NUMBER OF SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS BETWEEN HOME AND THE WORKPLACE BY
   17  STATE  EMPLOYEES  AND  STATE  CONTRACTORS. SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE, AT A
   18  MINIMUM, PROPOSALS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF TRANSPORTATION OTHER  THAN  VIA
   19  SINGLE  OCCUPANCY VEHICLES BY STATE EMPLOYEES TO AND FROM THE WORKPLACE,
   20  AND WHILE AT THE WORKPLACE: PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01018-01-9
       A. 476                              2
    1  IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOLO TRIP REDUCTION PROGRAM  DESIGNED  TO  ENCOURAGE
    2  STATE  EMPLOYEES  AND  STATE  CONTRACTORS  TO USE AN ALTERNATIVE MODE OF
    3  COMMUTING SUCH AS CAR OR VAN POOLS, MASS  TRANSIT,  BIKING  OR  WALKING;
    4  AUTHORIZING  STATE  AGENCIES  AND AUTHORITIES TO PERMIT ALTERNATIVE WORK
    5  SCHEDULES OR TELECOMMUTING FOR ALL STATE EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS WHERE
    6  DOING SO WOULD RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN  HOME-WORKPLACE  TRAVEL  WITHOUT
    7  DECREASING  EMPLOYEE  EFFICIENCY;  AND  A  PROPOSAL  TO  REIMBURSE STATE
    8  EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS FOR MASS TRANSIT COSTS WHERE DOING SO  RESULTS
    9  IN A NET REDUCTION IN SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS.
   10    3. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL REVIEW THE SIZE OF THE STATE'S
   11  VEHICULAR  FLEET,  THE  POLICIES GOVERNING THE USE OF SUCH FLEET AND THE
   12  ACTUAL USE OF SUCH FLEET, AND SHALL ISSUE TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGIS-
   13  LATURE ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND NINE,  A  SPECIFIC
   14  PLAN  TO  REDUCE  THE  USE  OF  SUCH  FLEET  IN ORDER TO REDUCE GASOLINE
   15  CONSUMPTION.
   16    S 3. Each state agency covered by section 201-b of the executive  law,
   17  establishing  a  program to increase the average passenger occupancy per
   18  vehicle in commuting trips between home and the workplace, shall  report
   19  to  the  office of general services on the status of such program within
   20  one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this act,  and  on  the
   21  fifteenth day of January in each year thereafter.
   22    S  4.  Each  state agency that maintains its own vehicular fleet shall
   23  perform a fuel efficiency audit of such fleet  and  shall  provide  such
   24  audit  to  the office of general services within one hundred eighty days
   25  of the effective date of this act.
   26    S 5. The department  of  motor  vehicles  shall  develop  programs  to
   27  educate  the driving public on "smart driving," trip reduction and vehi-
   28  cle maintenance practices that are designed  to  maximize  vehicle  fuel
   29  efficiency.  The department shall issue a report to the governor and the
   30  legislature on or before September  15,  2009  on  the  status  of  such
   31  program.
   32    S 6. Nothing in this act shall impair any agreements which may be made
   33  as  a  result of collective bargaining or other negotiations between the
   34  state and its affected employee organizations.
   35    S 7.  This act shall take effect immediately.