Assembly Bill A11087

                            
 
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                                   11087
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              October 7, 2020
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Englebright)
   --  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva-
   tion
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   providing  that one hundred percent of in-state sales of new passenger
   cars and trucks shall be zero-emissions by two thousand thirty-five

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 19-0306-b to read as follows:
 § 19-0306-B. ZERO-EMISSIONS CARS AND TRUCKS.
   1. IT SHALL BE A GOAL  OF  THE  STATE  THAT  ONE  HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF
 IN-STATE  SALES OF NEW PASSENGER CARS AND TRUCKS SHALL BE ZERO-EMISSIONS
 BY TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-FIVE.  IT SHALL BE A FURTHER GOAL  OF  THE  STATE
 THAT  ONE  HUNDRED PERCENT OF MEDIUM-DUTY AND HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES IN THE
 STATE BE ZERO-EMISSIONS BY TWO THOUSAND FORTY-FIVE  FOR  ALL  OPERATIONS
 WHERE FEASIBLE. IT SHALL BE FURTHER A GOAL OF THE STATE TO TRANSITION TO
 ONE  HUNDRED  PERCENT  ZERO-EMISSIONS OFF-ROAD VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT BY
 TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-FIVE WHERE FEASIBLE.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT, TO THE EXTENT CONSISTENT WITH  FEDERAL  LAW,  SHALL
 DEVELOP AND PROPOSE:
   A.  PASSENGER  VEHICLE  AND  TRUCK  REGULATIONS  REQUIRING  INCREASING
 VOLUMES OF NEW ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLES SOLD IN  THE  STATE  TOWARDS  THE
 TARGET  OF ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF IN-STATE SALES BY TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-
 FIVE.
   B. MEDIUM-DUTY AND HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE REGULATIONS REQUIRING INCREASING
 VOLUMES OF NEW ZERO-EMISSIONS TRUCKS AND BUSES SOLD AND OPERATED IN  THE
 STATE TOWARDS THE TARGET OF ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FLEET TRANSITION-
 ING  TO  ZERO-EMISSIONS  VEHICLES  BY TWO THOUSAND FORTY-FIVE EVERYWHERE
 FEASIBLE.
   C. STRATEGIES, IN COORDINATION  WITH  OTHER  STATE  AGENCIES  AND  THE
 FEDERAL  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, TO ACHIEVE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
 ZERO-EMISSIONS FROM OFF-ROAD VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT  OPERATIONS  IN  THE
 STATE  BY  TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-FIVE.   IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD17387-03-0

 A. 11087                            2
 
 THIS PARAGRAPH, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ACT CONSISTENTLY WITH SAFETY, TECH-
 NOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS.
   3.  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC
 DEVELOPMENT, THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORI-
 TY, THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE
 DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES,  LOCAL  AGENCIES
 AND  OTHER  INTERESTED  PARTIES,  SHALL DEVELOP A ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLE
 MARKET DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY BY JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-TWO, AND AN UPDATE EVERY THREE YEARS THEREAFTER, THAT:
   A. ENSURES COORDINATED AND EXPEDITIOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM OF
 POLICIES,  PROGRAMS  AND  REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS AND
 ORDERS ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION.
   B. OUTLINES STATE AGENCIES' ACTIONS TO  SUPPORT  NEW  AND  USED  ZERO-
 EMISSIONS  VEHICLE  MARKETS FOR BROAD ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF
 THIS STATE.
   4. THE DEPARTMENT, THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND  DEVELOPMENT
 AUTHORITY, THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES, SHALL
 USE EXISTING AUTHORITIES TO ACCELERATE DEPLOYMENT OF AFFORDABLE POWERING
 OPTIONS  FOR ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLES, IN WAYS THAT SERVE ALL COMMUNITIES
 AND PARTICULARLY LOW-INCOME AND  DISADVANTAGED  COMMUNITIES,  CONSISTENT
 WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW.
   5.  THE DEPARTMENT, THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 AUTHORITY, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANS-
 PORTATION, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OTHER STATE AGENCIES,  SHALL  ON  OR
 BEFORE  JULY  FIFTEENTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO,  IDENTIFY NEAR TERM
 ACTIONS AND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION,
 FREIGHT AND TRANSIT OPTIONS, INCLUDING WHERE FEASIBLE:
   A. SUPPORTING BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN OPTIONS, PARTICULARLY IN  LOW-IN-
 COME  AND  DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE, BY INCORPORATING SAFE
 AND ACCESSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE INTO PROJECTS WHERE APPROPRIATE.
   B. SUPPORTING LIGHT, MEDIUM, AND  HEAVY-DUTY  ZERO-EMISSIONS  VEHICLES
 AND  INFRASTRUCTURE  AS  PART  OF  LARGER TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, WHERE
 APPROPRIATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.