Senate Bill S2417

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes a clean air account and makes an appropriation therefor

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S2417 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Amd §92-s, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1146
2011-2012: S1766
2013-2014: S1247
2017-2018: S5049
2019-2020: S4752
2021-2022: S4993
2023-2024: S4945

2015-S2417 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a clean air account and makes an appropriation therefor; specifies the manner in which such appropriation is to be utilized.

2015-S2417 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2417 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2417

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 23, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  PERKINS,  DIAZ, DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HOYLMAN,
  KRUEGER, PARKER, SAMPSON, SERRANO, STEWART-COUSINS -- read  twice  and
  ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
  Finance

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
  clean air account; and making an appropriation therefor

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

  Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 92-s of  the  state
finance  law, as added by chapter 610 of the laws of 1993, is amended to
read as follows:
  a. The comptroller shall establish the following separate and distinct
accounts within the environmental protection fund:
  (i) solid waste account;
  (ii) parks, recreation and historic preservation account;
  (iii) open space account; [and]
  (iv) environmental protection transfer account[.]; AND
  (V) CLEAN AIR ACCOUNT.
  S 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 6  of  section  92-s  of  the  state
finance law is relettered paragraph (f) and a new paragraph (e) is added
to read as follows:
  (E)  MONEYS FROM THE CLEAN AIR ACCOUNT SHALL BE AVAILABLE, PURSUANT TO
APPROPRIATION, FOR CLEAN AIR ACCOUNT PROJECTS ACCORDING TO  THE  FOLLOW-
ING:
  (I) THIRTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO UPGRADE SCHOOL BOILERS. THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE THE PRIORI-
TY OF WHICH SCHOOL BOILERS SHALL BE REPLACED;
  (II)  FIVE  MILLION DOLLARS FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS IN CLEAN AIR NON-AT-
TAINMENT AREAS TO PAY FOR THE INCREASED COST OF ULTRA LOW SULFUR DIESEL;
AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06946-01-5

              

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