Bill Text: NY S07462 | 2021-2022 | 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-seven.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S07462 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7462

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    October 22, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the energy  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-seven

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

     1    Section  1.  The energy law is amended by adding a new section 5-108-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 5-108-b. Zero-emissions lawn care  devices.    1.  The  commissioner
     4  shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall require that all lawn
     5  care  devices offered for sale or sold, in the state shall be zero-emis-
     6  sions by two thousand twenty-seven.  For purposes of this section, "lawn
     7  care device" shall  mean  any  device  powered  mechanically,  which  is
     8  intended  to  be  used  or is actually used for the mowing of grass, the
     9  cutting or chipping of trees, tree roots or tree branches, or the clear-
    10  ing of leaves or other vegetation from lawns, sidewalks, public  streets
    11  or  public  highways  and  shall  include,  but  not be limited to, such
    12  devices as lawn mowers and lawn mower  attachments,  lawn  edgers,  leaf
    13  blowers, leaf vacuums, mulchers and chippers.
    14    2.  The  authority,  to  the extent consistent with federal law, shall
    15  develop and propose strategies, in coordination with other  state  agen-
    16  cies  and  the  federal  environmental protection agency, to achieve one
    17  hundred percent zero-emissions from lawn care device operations  in  the
    18  state  by  two thousand twenty-seven.  In implementing the provisions of
    19  this paragraph, the authority shall act consistently with safety,  tech-
    20  nological feasibility and cost-effectiveness.
    21    3.  The  department,  in  consultation with the department of economic
    22  development, the department of environmental  conservation,  the  public
    23  service  commission,  and other state agencies, local agencies and other
    24  interested parties, shall develop  a  zero-emissions  lawn  care  device

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13404-01-1
        S. 7462                             2

     1  market  development strategy by January thirty-first, two thousand twen-
     2  ty-three, and an update every three years thereafter, that:
     3    a. Ensures coordinated and expeditious implementation of the system of
     4  policies,  programs  and  regulations necessary to achieve the goals and
     5  orders established by this section.
     6    b. Outlines state agencies' actions to support new and used zero-emis-
     7  sions lawn care device markets for broad accessibility for all residents
     8  of this state.
     9    4. The authority, the public service commission and other state  agen-
    10  cies, shall use existing authorities to accelerate deployment of afford-
    11  able powering options for zero-emissions lawn care devices, in ways that
    12  serve  all  communities  and  particularly  low-income and disadvantaged
    13  communities, consistent with state and federal law.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.