Bill Text: NY A09863 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the definition of eligible vehicles for climate smart community projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-20 - referred to environmental conservation [A09863 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09863-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9863

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 20, 2020
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        Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
          definition of eligible vehicles for climate smart community projects

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section
     2  54-1521  of the environmental conservation law, as added by section 5 of
     3  part U of chapter 58 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (i) has up to four wheels;
     5    § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 54-1521 of  the  environ-
     6  mental  conservation  law, as added by section 5 of part U of chapter 58
     7  of the laws  of 2016, is amended to read as follows
     8    b. The department, in consultation with  the  New  York  state  energy
     9  research  and  development  authority, shall determine the amount of the
    10  rebate taking into consideration the electric range of the  vehicle  and
    11  the  estimated  annual  greenhouse  gas emissions reductions provided by
    12  that vehicle  as  compared  to  a  similar  internal  combustion  engine
    13  vehicle,  provided  that  a  rebate of an eligible purchase shall be not
    14  [less than seven hundred fifty dollars per vehicle and  not]  more  than
    15  five thousand dollars per vehicle.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15421-01-0