Bill Text: NY A04134 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring the commissioner of education to create a competition among SUNY and CUNY schools with prizes going to the schools that produce the most cost-efficient method of reducing CO2 emissions; the top three schools shall receive a cash prize which shall be used to improve environmental programs at the university.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - held for consideration in higher education [A04134 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04134-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4134
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 1, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RA,  McDONOUGH, CROUCH, RAIA, ARROYO, VANEL,
          MONTESANO, D'URSO, GIGLIO -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
          on Higher Education
        AN  ACT  to require the commissioner of education to create a state-wide
          competition among SUNY and CUNY  schools  with  prizes  going  to  the
          schools  that  produce  the most cost-efficient method of reducing CO2
          emissions
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  commissioner of education shall create and sponsor a
     2  state-wide competition among teams of  students  who  attend  the  state
     3  university  of  New  York or the city university of New York designed to
     4  challenge and inspire the states' brightest and most  inventive  college
     5  students to produce the most cost-efficient method of reducing CO2 emis-
     6  sions. The awards for the teams competing in the competition:
     7    First Place: $100,000 to the winning university with an agreement that
     8  the award be used to improve environmental programs at the university.
     9    Second  Place:  $50,000  for the university with an agreement that the
    10  award be used to improve environmental programs at the university.
    11    Third Place: $10,000 for the university with  an  agreement  that  the
    12  award be used to improve environmental programs at the university.
    13    § 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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