Assembly Bill A7168A

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 7168--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 14, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Agriculture -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy 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 public authorities law and the state finance law, in
  relation to a grant program for the agricultural production  of  biod-
  iesel fuel and a fund for the administration of such program

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

  Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1884 to read as follows:
  S 1884. BIODIESEL GRANT PROGRAM. 1. THE AUTHORITY SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS
OF  MATCHING FUNDS FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
OF BIODIESEL FUEL.
  2. ALL MONEYS RECEIVED OR ACCEPTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE
DEPOSITED  INTO THE BIODIESEL GRANT PROGRAM FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
SECTION NINETY-NINE-U OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "BIODIESEL FUEL" SHALL MEAN A RENEWA-
BLE, BIODEGRADABLE, MONO ALKYL ESTER  COMBUSTIBLE  LIQUID  FUEL  DERIVED
FROM JATROPHA PLANTS, ALGAE PRODUCTION, MUSTARD SEED, ANIMAL FATS, OTHER
AGRICULTURAL PLANT OILS AND/OR WASTE GREASES AND OILS.
  4.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR THE APPLICATION AND
ADMINISTRATION OF THE BIODIESEL GRANT PROGRAM.
  S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-u  to
read as follows:
  S  99-U.  BIODIESEL GRANT PROGRAM FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED
IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW YORK
STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, A FUND TO BE  KNOWN  AS
THE BIODIESEL GRANT PROGRAM FUND.
  2. MONEYS OF THE BIODIESEL GRANT PROGRAM FUND, FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION
BY  THE  LEGISLATURE AND ALLOCATION BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, SHALL

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08608-03-2
              

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BE AVAILABLE TO SUCH CHAIRMAN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION  OF  THE  BIODIESEL
GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR OF THE
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
  S  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
the New York state  energy  research  and  development  authority  shall
establish  any  rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date.