Assembly Bill A10478

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Ensures the safe and efficient delivery of materials for the timely construction of major renewable energy facilities in furtherance of the goals mandated by the New York state climate leadership and community

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  • 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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2021-A10478 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9279
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A751, S373

2021-A10478 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Ensures the safe and efficient delivery of materials for the timely construction of major renewable energy facilities in furtherance of the goals mandated by the New York state climate leadership and community protection act; provides that vehicles carrying materials intended for the construction of any major renewable energy facility, including oversize and superload transport vehicles, shall be permitted to travel on the thruway and state highways, on any day of the week, including Saturday and Sunday.

2021-A10478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10478
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 27, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hunter) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of  materials  for  the
   timely  construction  of major renewable energy facilities in further-
   ance of the goals mandated by the New York  state  climate  leadership
   and community protection act

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration. In  2019,  the  state
 enacted  the  historic  New  York state climate leadership and community
 protection act to mitigate the impacts  of  climate  change  and  reduce
 greenhouse  gas  emissions  from  anthropogenic  sources  100% over 1990
 levels by the year 2050. In 2020,  the  state  enacted  the  accelerated
 renewable  energy  growth  and community benefit act, which provided for
 the expedited siting of major renewable energy  facilities  and  related
 transmission.    The legislature hereby finds and declares that to mean-
 ingfully and timely achieve the historic goals mandated in the New  York
 state  climate  leadership and community protection act, and to meet the
 technology-specific  requirements  set  forth  therein,  including   the
 installation   of   wind  and  solar-powered  electric  generation,  the
 construction of new and repowered wind turbines and solar arrays  is  an
 urgent  matter  of great importance to New York. The legislature further
 finds that current  rules,  regulations,  and  policies  addressing  the
 transport  of  large loads on the state highways and the thruway present
 impediments to the efficient transport of  construction  materials  used
 for  these  projects, including large loads such as wind turbines, which
 is inconsistent with the  goals  of  the  accelerated  renewable  energy
 growth  and  community  benefit act. Because of the unprecedented volume
 and size of materials planned for transport, the current rules regarding
 the use of police escorts for the transport of such loads may result  in
 delays,  shortages  of  police  officer  escorts, and retention of truck
 traffic, that may hinder construction of major renewable energy  facili-
 ties. Therefore, it is the intent of this act to supersede any such rule
 or policy, and to allow materials used for the construction of any major
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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