Senate Bill S4543

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction and conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • 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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2019-S4543 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §201-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2273
2011-2012: S1044
2013-2014: S1611
2015-2016: S1232
2017-2018: S3431
2021-2022: S4796
2023-2024: S4934

2019-S4543 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a state workforce fuel reduction and conservation program which will develop and assist in implementing strategies to reduce fuel consumption by the state's motor vehicle fleet and to reduce solo trips between work and home by state employees; requires reporting to the governor and legislature.

2019-S4543 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4543 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4543
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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 TWENTY, SETTING FORTH A SPECIFIC PLAN TO REDUCE
 THE NUMBER OF SOLO MOTOR VEHICLE TRIPS BETWEEN HOME AND THE WORKPLACE 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  WORKPLACE,
 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  ALTERNATIVE  WORK
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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