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                                   3805
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ORTIZ, GALEF, JAFFEE, LUPARDO, LAVINE, WRIGHT,
   COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  LIFTON,  McDONOUGH,  PERRY,
   L. ROSENTHAL,  TITUS  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on
   Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   reducing global warming emissions levels
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
 declares it necessary to join the worldwide fight against global warming
 and  its  detrimental  impact on the public health, environment, and the
 economy of New York state. The legislature  finds  that  global  warming
 threatens  New  York  state's  environment and economic security through
 projected changes in temperature, precipitation  and  sea  level.  These
 changes  harm natural ecosystems, threaten industries including agricul-
 ture, forestry, fishing and tourism, and harm the health of New Yorkers.
 The legislature finds it necessary to implement a statewide cap on emis-
 sions levels and in effectively  doing  so,  to  implement  a  mandatory
 reporting system to track and monitor global warming emissions levels.
   §  2.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
 section 19-0316 to read as follows:
 § 19-0316. REDUCTIONS IN GLOBAL WARMING EMISSIONS.
   1. NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, THE  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL   PROMULGATE   RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  IMPLEMENTING  A  STATEWIDE
 REDUCTION IN GLOBAL WARMING EMISSIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  THIS SECTION. SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL SET PERMANENT CAPS ON
 LEVELS OF TOTAL GLOBAL WARMING EMISSIONS, WHICH FOR ALL SOURCES  SUBJECT
 TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
   (A)  AS  OF  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, A FIFTEEN PERCENT
 REDUCTION IN TOTAL EMISSIONS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (B) AS OF JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR,  A  TWENTY  PERCENT
 REDUCTION IN TOTAL EMISSIONS;
   (C)  BY  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE, A TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT REDUCTION IN
 TOTAL EMISSIONS, AT WHICH SUCH LEVEL OF EMISSIONS SHALL BE NO MORE  THAN
 THE TOTAL EMISSIONS LEVEL IN NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY; AND
   (D)  BY  TWO THOUSAND FIFTY-NINE, AN EIGHTY PERCENT REDUCTION IN TOTAL
 EMISSIONS AT WHICH SUCH LEVEL OF EMISSIONS SHALL BE  NO  MORE  THAN  THE
 TOTAL EMISSIONS LEVEL IN NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE MANDATORY REPORTING
 SYSTEM TO TRACK AND MONITOR GLOBAL WARMING EMISSIONS  LEVELS  AND  SHALL
 FORMULATE  A PLAN BY WHICH NEW YORK STATE BUSINESS SHALL UNIFORMLY ADAPT
 AND COMPLY WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.
   3. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED  TO  CONFLICT  WITH  ANY
 OTHER  EXISTING  PROVISION  OF LAW RELATING TO ANY MEASURES OR PRACTICES
 TAKEN TO RESTRICT, REDUCE OR LIMIT ANY EMISSIONS FOUND TO CONTRIBUTE  TO
 GLOBAL  WARMING  AND  SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO SUPERSEDE MORE STRINGENT
 EMISSION LIMITATIONS OR PRACTICES APPLICABLE ON THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF
 THIS SECTION OR MAY BECOME APPLICABLE AFTER SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.