Bill Text: NY A04181 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4181 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires NYSERDA to establish a program of public awareness of the use and benefits of biofuel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to energy [A04181 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04181-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4181
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 29, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. McKEVITT, GRAF -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Energy
       AN ACT relating to the public awareness  of  the  use  and  benefits  of
         biofuel
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. 1. The New  York  state  energy  and  research  development
    2  authority  (NYSERDA)  shall  develop  a program to increase the public's
    3  awareness of the use and benefits of biofuel including, but not  limited
    4  to, an advertisement campaign of such benefits.
    5    2. For purposes of this act:
    6    a.  "biofuel" shall mean a fuel which includes biodiesel, ethanol, and
    7  agri-biodiesel or any other standard approved by NYSERDA;
    8    b. "biodiesel" shall mean a fuel comprised exclusively  of  mono-alkyl
    9  esters  of  long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal
   10  fats, designated B100, which meets the specifications of American Socie-
   11  ty of Testing and Materials designation D 6751-02;
   12    c. "ethanol" shall mean  ethyl  alcohol  manufactured  in  the  United
   13  States  and its territories and sold (i) for fuel use and which has been
   14  rendered unfit for beverage use in a manner and which is produced  at  a
   15  facility  approved  by  the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms
   16  and explosives for the production of ethanol for fuel, or (ii) as  dena-
   17  tured  ethanol  used  by  blenders  and refiners which has been rendered
   18  unfit for beverage use; and
   19    d. "agri-biodiesel" shall mean biodiesel derived  solely  from  virgin
   20  oils including, but not limited to, esters derived from virgin vegetable
   21  oils  from corn, soybeans, sunflower seeds, cottonseeds, canola, crambe,
   22  grapeseeds, safflowers, flaxseeds, rice bran,  mustard  seeds  and  from
   23  animal fats.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   25  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08362-01-5