assembly Bill A7567

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the purchase of fuel economy, battery, electric and hybrid passenger vehicles by the office of general services

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Jan 08, 2020 referred to energy
May 28, 2019 reference changed to energy
May 09, 2019 referred to governmental operations

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A7567 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-108, Energy L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A2412

A7567 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of energy to adopt regulations increasing fuel economy standards for passenger vehicles purchased by or for the state or any agency or public authority thereof, and requires that by 2030 all such vehicles shall be battery, electric, plug-in hybrid electric or zero emission vehicles.

A7567 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  7567

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 9, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation  to  the  purchase  of  fuel
  economy,  electric  and  hybrid  passenger  vehicles  by the office of
  general services

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

  Section  1. Section 5-108 of the energy law, as amended by chapter 120
of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
  § 5-108. Purchase of passenger automobiles.  a. The  commissioner,  in
consultation  with  the  commissioner of the office of general services,
shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall require[, at a  mini-
mum,]  that  all  passenger automobiles purchased by or for the state or
any agency or public authority thereof,  of  which  a  majority  of  the
members  are  appointed  by  the  governor,  in  any  fiscal  year which
commences on or after April first,  [nineteen  hundred  eighty-one]  TWO
THOUSAND  TWENTY,  achieve  an average fuel economy [not less than] THAT
MEETS OR EXCEEDS the applicable average  fuel  economy  standard  estab-
lished  pursuant  to  the  provisions of this section for the model year
which includes January first of such fiscal year.
  b. The commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the  office  of  general
services,  shall be further authorized to establish minimum fuel economy
standards for different classes of passenger automobiles,  as  appropri-
ate,  which shall be applicable to such vehicles purchased by or for the
state or any agency or public authority thereof subject to the  require-
ments  of  subdivision  a  of  this  section.   WHENEVER PRACTICABLE THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL PURCHASE BATTERY, ELECTRIC, PLUG-IN  HYBRID  ELECTRIC
OR ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES.
  c. As used in this section:
  (1)  The  term  "passenger  automobile" means any four wheeled vehicle
propelled by fuel which is manufactured for use on public streets, roads

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