Bill Text: NY S02273 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction & conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption by the state's motor vehicle fleet and to reduce solo trips between work and home by state employees; requires reporting to the governor and legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-25 - PRINT NUMBER 2273B [S02273 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S02273-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2273--B
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 17, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. PARKER, KRUEGER, ONORATO, SAMPSON -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Investigations and Government Operations -- recommitted to the Commit-
tee on Investigations and Government Operations in accordance with
Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- 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 executive law, in relation to the "state workforce
fuel reduction and conservation act"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "state workforce fuel reduction and conservation act".
3 S 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 201-b to
4 read as follows:
5 S 201-B. STATE WORKFORCE FUEL REDUCTION AND CONSERVATION ACT. 1.
6 THERE SHALL BE CREATED WITHIN THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES A STATE
7 WORKFORCE FUEL REDUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL HAVE THE
8 PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING AND ASSISTING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES
9 TO REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION BY THE STATE'S MOTOR VEHICULAR FLEET, AND
10 TO REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION THROUGH SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS BETWEEN
11 HOME AND THE WORKPLACE BY STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS.
12 2. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, IN COORDINATION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
13 OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND THE OFFICE FOR TECHNOLOGY, SHALL ISSUE
14 A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER
15 FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, SETTING FORTH A SPECIFIC PLAN TO REDUCE
16 THE NUMBER OF SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS BETWEEN HOME AND THE WORKPLACE BY
17 STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS. SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE, AT A
18 MINIMUM, PROPOSALS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF TRANSPORTATION OTHER THAN VIA
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES BY STATE EMPLOYEES TO AND FROM THE WORKPLACE,
2 AND WHILE AT THE WORKPLACE: PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION AND
3 IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOLO TRIP REDUCTION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE
4 STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS TO USE AN ALTERNATIVE MODE OF
5 COMMUTING SUCH AS CAR OR VAN POOLS, MASS TRANSIT, BIKING OR WALKING;
6 AUTHORIZING STATE AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES TO PERMIT ALTERNATIVE WORK
7 SCHEDULES OR TELECOMMUTING FOR ALL STATE EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS WHERE
8 DOING SO WOULD RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN HOME-WORKPLACE TRAVEL WITHOUT
9 DECREASING EMPLOYEE EFFICIENCY; AND A PROPOSAL TO REIMBURSE STATE
10 EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS FOR MASS TRANSIT COSTS WHERE DOING SO RESULTS
11 IN A NET REDUCTION IN SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS.
12 3. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL REVIEW THE SIZE OF THE STATE'S
13 VEHICULAR FLEET, THE POLICIES GOVERNING THE USE OF SUCH FLEET AND THE
14 ACTUAL USE OF SUCH FLEET, AND SHALL ISSUE TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGIS-
15 LATURE ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, A SPECIFIC
16 PLAN TO REDUCE THE USE OF SUCH FLEET IN ORDER TO REDUCE GASOLINE
17 CONSUMPTION.
18 S 3. Each state agency covered by section 201-b of the executive law,
19 establishing a program to increase the average passenger occupancy per
20 vehicle in commuting trips between home and the workplace, shall report
21 to the office of general services on the status of such program within
22 one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this act, and on the
23 fifteenth day of January in each year thereafter.
24 S 4. Each state agency that maintains its own vehicular fleet shall
25 perform a fuel efficiency audit of such fleet and shall provide such
26 audit to the office of general services within one hundred eighty days
27 of the effective date of this act.
28 S 5. The department of motor vehicles shall develop programs to
29 educate the driving public on "smart driving," trip reduction and vehi-
30 cle maintenance practices that are designed to maximize vehicle fuel
31 efficiency. The department shall issue a report to the governor and the
32 legislature on or before November 15, 2011 on the status of such
33 program.
34 S 6. Nothing in this act shall impair any agreements which may be made
35 as a result of collective bargaining or other negotiations between the
36 state and its affected employee organizations.
37 S 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
