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Assembly Bill A399
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MAGNARELLI
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Barbara Clark
William Colton
Margaret Markey
Annette Robinson
multi-Sponsors
David Buchwald
Vivian Cook
Richard Gottfried
Earlene Hooper
2013-A399 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A399 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 399 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, CLARK, COLTON, MARKEY, ROBINSON, WRIGHT, LUPARDO, JAFFEE, SWEENEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, HOOPER, MAISEL, PERRY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to creating a New York state greenhouse gases management research and development program 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 global climate change is a matter of significant concern for the environment, economy and people of this state. The legislature hereby establishes a research program under the auspices of the New York state energy research and development authority by one or more universi- ties or research entities within the state. The research program shall promote new technologies and processes that will avoid, abate, mitigate, capture and/or sequester carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. According to numerous scientific researchers, a warming trend of about 0.7 to 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit has occurred during the twentieth century. The major greenhouse gases emitted by human activities remain in the atmosphere for periods of time ranging from decades to centuries. Many in the scientific community anticipate that average global temperatures and sea levels will continue to rise throughout the twenty-first century as a result of a continued rise in atmospheric concentrations of green- house gases. While the build-up of all of the greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is important to study, promoting the development of methods and proc- esses to mitigate the build-up of carbon dioxide is of great concern. Carbon dioxide is emitted into the atmosphere in the largest amounts and is directly linked to human activities such as the burning of fossil EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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