Bill Text: NY S00206 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 206 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes a biodiesel grant program for the agricultural production of biodiesel fuel; defines biodiesel fuel as a fuel comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, designated B100, and meeting the requirements of the American Society of Testing and Materials designation of D 6751; establishes the biodiesel grant program fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S00206 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00206-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           206
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the state finance law, in
          relation  to  a grant program for the agricultural production of biod-
          iesel fuel and a fund for the administration of such program
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1884 to read as follows:
     3    § 1884. Biodiesel grant program. 1. The authority shall provide grants
     4  of matching funds for costs associated with the agricultural  production
     5  of biodiesel fuel.
     6    2.  All  moneys received or accepted pursuant to this section shall be
     7  deposited into the biodiesel grant program fund established pursuant  to
     8  section ninety-nine-ff of the state finance law.
     9    3.  For  purposes  of this section, "biodiesel fuel" shall mean a fuel
    10  comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty  acids  derived  from
    11  vegetable oils or animal fats, designated B100, and meeting the require-
    12  ments of the ASTM of D 6751.
    13    4.  The  authority  shall establish guidelines for the application and
    14  administration of the biodiesel grant program.
    15    § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-ff to
    16  read as follows:
    17    § 99-ff.  Biodiesel grant program fund. 1. There is hereby established
    18  in the joint custody of the comptroller and the chairman of the New York
    19  state energy research and development authority, a fund to be  known  as
    20  the biodiesel grant program fund.
    21    2. Moneys of the biodiesel grant program fund, following appropriation
    22  by  the  legislature and allocation by the director of the budget, shall
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02193-01-9

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     1  be available to such chairman for the administration  of  the  biodiesel
     2  grant program established by section eighteen hundred eighty-four of the
     3  public authorities law.
     4    §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     5  ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
     6  the New York state  energy  research  and  development  authority  shall
     7  establish  any  rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of
     8  this act on its effective date.