Senate Bill S3431

                            
 
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                                   3431
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the  "state  workforce
   fuel reduction and conservation act"

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "state workforce fuel reduction and conservation act".
   §  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 201-b to
 read as follows:
   § 201-B. STATE WORKFORCE  FUEL  REDUCTION  AND  CONSERVATION  ACT.  1.
 THERE  SHALL  BE  CREATED  WITHIN THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES A STATE
 WORKFORCE FUEL REDUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL HAVE  THE
 PURPOSE  OF DEVELOPING AND ASSISTING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES
 TO REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION BY THE STATE'S MOTOR VEHICULAR FLEET, AND
 TO REDUCE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION THROUGH SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS  BETWEEN
 HOME AND THE WORKPLACE BY STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS.
   2. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, IN COORDINATION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
 OFFICE  OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND THE OFFICE FOR TECHNOLOGY, SHALL ISSUE
 A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND  THE  LEGISLATURE  ON  OR  BEFORE  NOVEMBER
 FIFTEENTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,  SETTING  FORTH  A SPECIFIC PLAN TO
 REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS BETWEEN HOME AND THE WORK-
 PLACE BY STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS. SUCH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE,
 AT A MINIMUM, PROPOSALS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF TRANSPORTATION OTHER  THAN
 VIA  SINGLE  OCCUPANCY VEHICLES BY STATE EMPLOYEES TO AND FROM THE WORK-
 PLACE, AND WHILE  AT  THE  WORKPLACE:  PROPOSALS  FOR  THE  DEVELOPMENT,
 PROMOTION  AND  IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOLO TRIP REDUCTION PROGRAM DESIGNED
 TO ENCOURAGE STATE EMPLOYEES AND STATE CONTRACTORS TO USE AN ALTERNATIVE
 MODE OF COMMUTING SUCH AS CAR OR VAN  POOLS,  MASS  TRANSIT,  BIKING  OR
 WALKING;  AUTHORIZING  STATE AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES TO PERMIT ALTERNA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01924-01-7

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 TIVE WORK  SCHEDULES  OR  TELECOMMUTING  FOR  ALL  STATE  EMPLOYEES  AND
 CONTRACTORS WHERE DOING SO WOULD RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN HOME-WORKPLACE
 TRAVEL  WITHOUT  DECREASING EMPLOYEE EFFICIENCY; AND A PROPOSAL TO REIM-
 BURSE STATE EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS FOR MASS TRANSIT COSTS WHERE DOING
 SO RESULTS IN A NET REDUCTION IN SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS.
   3. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL REVIEW THE SIZE OF THE STATE'S
 VEHICULAR  FLEET,  THE  POLICIES GOVERNING THE USE OF SUCH FLEET AND THE
 ACTUAL USE OF SUCH FLEET, AND SHALL ISSUE TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGIS-
 LATURE ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, A SPECIF-
 IC PLAN TO REDUCE THE USE OF SUCH FLEET  IN  ORDER  TO  REDUCE  GASOLINE
 CONSUMPTION.
   §  3. Each state agency covered by section 201-b of the executive law,
 establishing a program to increase the average passenger  occupancy  per
 vehicle  in commuting trips between home and the workplace, shall report
 to the office of general services on the status of such  program  within
 one  hundred  eighty  days of the effective date of this act, and on the
 fifteenth day of January in each year thereafter.
   § 4. Each state agency that maintains its own  vehicular  fleet  shall
 perform  a  fuel  efficiency  audit of such fleet and shall provide such
 audit to the office of general services within one hundred  eighty  days
 of the effective date of this act.
   §  5.  The  department  of  motor  vehicles  shall develop programs to
 educate the driving public on "smart driving," trip reduction and  vehi-
 cle  maintenance  practices  that  are designed to maximize vehicle fuel
 efficiency. The department shall issue a report to the governor and  the
 legislature  on  or  before  November  15,  2018  on  the status of such
 program.
   § 6. Nothing in this act shall impair any agreements which may be made
 as a result of collective bargaining or other negotiations  between  the
 state and its affected employee organizations.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.