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Assembly Bill A4870

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enacts the "cleaner fuels school bus act" requiring school bus owners to replace or retrofit buses to use biodiesel fuel blends

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2009-A4870 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S997
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3623, Ed L

2009-A4870 - Summary

Enacts the "Cleaner fuels school bus act" requiring school bus owners to replace or retrofit buses to use biodiesel fuel blends; directs promulgation of regulations.

2009-A4870 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4870

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ALESSI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to required use of biod-
  iesel fuel blends in school buses

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

  Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds and
declares that school buses operating on diesel fuels transport  millions
of  New  York children daily. Children's bodies are uniquely susceptible
to toxins. Studies have shown  that  diesel  fumes  contain  particulate
matter  which  can trigger asthma attacks and other respiratory ailments
in children and that levels of diesel fumes are up to four times greater
inside a bus than ambient levels.
  The legislature further finds and  declares  that  diesel  exhaust  is
classified  as a probable human carcinogen by many governmental authori-
ties including the state attorney general. In addition,  dark  particles
from diesel fuel have been found embedded in glacial ice contributing to
rapid melting of polar ice.
  Therefore, the legislature finds and declares that it is in the inter-
est  of  the citizens of this state to reduce the use of diesel fuels by
the many school buses used to  transport  children  in  this  state  and
increase the use of alternative low emission fuels.
  S  2.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "cleaner fuels
school bus act".
  S 3. Section 3623 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3.  A.  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  TRANSPORTATION IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING ALL OWNERS
OF SCHOOL BUSES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  FORTY-TWO  OF  THE
VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, TO REPLACE OR RETROFIT DIESEL OPERATED VEHICLES
TO BE CAPABLE OF OPERATING ON A TWENTY PERCENT OR GREATER BLEND OF BIOD-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06868-01-9

2009-A4870A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S997
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3623, Ed L

2009-A4870A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Cleaner fuels school bus act" requiring school bus owners to replace or retrofit buses to use biodiesel fuel blends; directs promulgation of regulations.

2009-A4870A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A4870A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 4870--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ALESSI,  PAULIN, LUPARDO, STIRPE, ROSENTHAL,
  JAFFEE, CARROZZA, LATIMER, ORTIZ, BENEDETTO -- read once and  referred
  to  the  Committee  on  Education  --  recommitted to the Committee on
  Education in accordance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to required use of biod-
  iesel fuel blends in school buses

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

  Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds and
declares that school buses operating on diesel fuels transport  millions
of  New  York children daily. Children's bodies are uniquely susceptible
to toxins. Studies have shown  that  diesel  fumes  contain  particulate
matter  which  can trigger asthma attacks and other respiratory ailments
in children and that levels of diesel fumes are up to four times greater
inside a bus than ambient levels.
  The legislature further finds and  declares  that  diesel  exhaust  is
classified  as a probable human carcinogen by many governmental authori-
ties including the state attorney general. In addition,  dark  particles
from diesel fuel have been found embedded in glacial ice contributing to
rapid melting of polar ice.
  Therefore, the legislature finds and declares that it is in the inter-
est  of  the citizens of this state to reduce the use of diesel fuels by
the many school buses used to  transport  children  in  this  state  and
increase the use of alternative low emission fuels.
  S  2.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "cleaner fuels
school bus act".
  S 3. Section 3623 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 3 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06868-02-0

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