Bill Text: NY S01187 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires organizations that receive funds for capital improvements by the New York state dormitory authority and the urban development corporation to use such funds for the purchase of energy star equipment and appliances where available; defines energy star.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-11 - referred to ways and means [S01187 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01187-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1187--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sens. MAZIARZ, AVELLA, HOYLMAN, LATIMER, SERRANO -- read
         twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
         Committee  on  Corporations,  Authorities  and Commissions -- reported
         favorably from said  committee  and  committed  to  the  Committee  on
         Finance  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the New York state  urban
         development  corporation  act,  in relation to requiring organizations
         that receive funds for capital improvements  by  the  New  York  state
         dormitory  authority and the urban development corporation to use such
         funds for the purchase of energy star equipment and  appliances  where
         available
         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 1680-r to read as follows:
    3    S  1680-R.  CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENT FUNDING. 1. ANY FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY
    4  THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY TO AN ORGANIZATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF  BUILDING
    5  UPGRADES,  APPLIANCE  PURCHASES, OR OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, SHALL BE
    6  USED TO PURCHASE ONLY ENERGY STAR EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES, WHERE AVAIL-
    7  ABLE.
    8    2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ENERGY STAR" SHALL MEAN
    9  A DESIGNATION FROM THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY  OR
   10  DEPARTMENT  OF  ENERGY  INDICATING THAT A PRODUCT MEETS THE ENERGY EFFI-
   11  CIENCY STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE AGENCY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE  ENERGY
   12  STAR PROGRAM.
   13    S  2.  Section  1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968, constituting the
   14  New York state urban development corporation act, is amended by adding a
   15  new section 16-w to read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02267-02-3
       S. 1187--A                          2
    1    S 16-W. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDING. 1. ANY FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY  THE
    2  CORPORATION  TO  AN  ORGANIZATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF BUILDING UPGRADES,
    3  APPLIANCE PURCHASES, OR OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS,  SHALL  BE  USED  TO
    4  PURCHASE ONLY ENERGY STAR EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES, WHERE AVAILABLE.
    5    2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ENERGY STAR" SHALL MEAN
    6  A  DESIGNATION FROM THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR
    7  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY INDICATING THAT A PRODUCT MEETS  THE  ENERGY  EFFI-
    8  CIENCY  STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE AGENCY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE ENERGY
    9  STAR PROGRAM.
   10    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.