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Assembly Bill A207

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires any state agency, the judiciary or legislature receiving state funding for capital improvement purchases energy star equipment

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2009-A207 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง163-d, St Fin L

2009-A207 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any state agency, the judiciary or legislature receiving state funding for or providing money to other groups for capital improvements, to purchase Energy Star equipment and appliances.

2009-A207 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   207

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  state finance law, in relation to requiring the
  purchase of energy star  equipment  and  appliances  whenever  capital
  improvements are made

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
163-d to read as follows:
  S  163-D.  ENERGY  STAR  APPLIANCES;  REQUIRED. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ENERGY STAR EQUIPMENT AND APPLI-
ANCES SHALL BE PURCHASED WHENEVER  FUNDING  IS  DESIGNATED  FOR  CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS FOR OR BY A STATE AGENCY, THE JUDICIARY, OR LEGISLATURE.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ENERGY STAR" SHALL MEAN
A  DESIGNATION FROM THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY INDICATING THAT A PRODUCT MEETS  THE  ENERGY  EFFI-
CIENCY  STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE AGENCY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE ENERGY
STAR PROGRAM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01289-01-9

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