Bill Text: NY S05390 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that one hundred percent of in-state sales of new lawn care devices shall be zero-emissions by two thousand twenty-nine.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S05390 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05390-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5390

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 3, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Tele-
          communications

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          providing  that one hundred percent of in-state sales of new lawn care
          devices shall be zero-emissions by two thousand twenty-nine

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

     1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
     2  new section 19-0333 to read as follows:
     3  § 19-0333. Zero-emissions lawn care devices.
     4    1. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall
     5  require that all lawn care devices offered for  sale  or  sold,  in  the
     6  state shall be zero-emissions by two thousand twenty-nine.
     7    2.  For  purposes  of this section, the following terms shall have the
     8  following meanings:
     9    (a) "Lawn care device" shall mean  any  device  powered  mechanically,
    10  which  is  intended  to  be  used  or is actually used for the mowing of
    11  grass, the cutting or chipping of trees, tree roots or tree branches, or
    12  the clearing of leaves or other vegetation from lawns, sidewalks, public
    13  streets or public highways and shall include, but  not  be  limited  to,
    14  such  devices  as  lawn  mowers and lawn mower attachments, lawn edgers,
    15  leaf blowers, leaf vacuums, mulchers and chippers.
    16    (b) "Authority" shall mean the New  York  state  energy  research  and
    17  development authority.
    18    3.  The  authority, in consultation with the commissioner, other state
    19  agencies and the United States environmental  protection  agency,  shall
    20  develop  and  propose strategies, in coordination with other state agen-
    21  cies and the federal environmental protection  agency,  to  achieve  one
    22  hundred  percent  zero-emissions from lawn care device operations in the
    23  state by two thousand twenty-nine, provided that issues of affordability

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09963-01-3
        S. 5390                             2

     1  and accessibility for disadvantaged communities is taken  into  account.
     2  In  implementing the provisions of this subdivision, the authority shall
     3  act consistently with safety, technological feasibility and  cost-effec-
     4  tiveness.
     5    4.  The  authority,  in  consultation  with the department of economic
     6  development, the department of environmental  conservation,  the  public
     7  service  commission,  and other state agencies, local agencies and other
     8  interested parties, shall develop  a  zero-emissions  lawn  care  device
     9  market  development strategy by January thirty-first, two thousand twen-
    10  ty-five, and an update every three years thereafter, that ensures  coor-
    11  dinated  and  expeditious  implementation  of  the  system  of policies,
    12  programs and regulations necessary  to  achieve  the  goals  and  orders
    13  established by this section.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.