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Assembly Bill A4662

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting state owned, leased or operated on behalf of, heavy duty vehicles operating on biodiesel from the diesel emissions reduction act of 2006

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2019-A4662 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19-0323, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6683
2013-2014: A5737
2015-2016: A5071
2017-2018: A5399, A11071

2019-A4662 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts state owned heavy duty vehicles or heavy duty vehicles under contract with the state operating on biodiesel from the diesel emissions reduction act of 2006; defines biodiesel.

2019-A4662 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4662
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   exempting state owned heavy duty vehicles or heavy duty vehicles under
   contract  with  the state operating on biodiesel from the diesel emis-
   sions reduction act of 2006

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  19-0323 of the environmental
 conservation law is amended by adding a  new  paragraph  e  to  read  as
 follows:
   E. "BIODIESEL FUEL" MEANS A DIESEL MOTOR FUEL SUBSTITUTE PRODUCED FROM
 NONPETROLEUM  RENEWABLE  RESOURCES  THAT MEETS THE REGISTRATION REQUIRE-
 MENTS FOR FUELS AND FUEL  ADDITIVES  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
 PROTECTION  AGENCY  UNDER  SECTION  211  OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT (42 U.S.C.
 7545) AND THAT MEETS THE AMERICAN  SOCIETY  FOR  TESTING  AND  MATERIALS
 D6751-02A STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR BIODIESEL FUEL (B100) OR ANY DERIV-
 ATIVE  THEREOF  BLEND STOCK FOR DISTILLATE FUELS THAT HAS BEEN PURCHASED
 FROM A COMMERCIALLY OWNED FUELING STATION, LICENSED AND  OPERATED  UNDER
 STANDARDS SET FORTH BY STATE LAW.
   §  2. Section 19-0323 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. ANY DIESEL POWERED HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE THAT IS OWNED BY, OPERATED BY
 OR ON BEHALF OF, OR LEASED BY A STATE  AGENCY  AND  STATE  AND  REGIONAL
 PUBLIC  AUTHORITY  WHICH  EXCLUSIVELY  USES BIODIESEL FUEL AS DEFINED IN
 PARAGRAPH E OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM  THE
 PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Provided, however, that the commissioner of
 environmental conservation shall take any action necessary for the time-
 ly implementation of this act on or before the date on  which  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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