S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N S E N A T E
January 5, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
requiring the department of environmental conservation to develop and
propose an appropriation to fund the charge New York drive clean
rebate program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 19-0306-b of the environmental
conservation law is amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as
follows:
D. AN APPROPRIATION TO FUND THE CHARGE NEW YORK DRIVE CLEAN REBATE
PROGRAM. SUCH APPROPRIATION SHALL BE NO LESS THAN FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS
PER FISCAL YEAR, AND SUCH APPROPRIATION SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT AT LEAST
UNTIL THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION
WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, SHALL MEANS TEST THE APPROPRIATION. THE UPPER
LIMIT OF SUCH A MEANS TEST SHALL NOT EXCEED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
IN NET INCOME FOR A SINGLE TAX FILER AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN NET INCOME FOR A JOINT FILER. NO SINGLE TAX FILER AND NO
JOINT FILER SHALL RECEIVE A REBATE GREATER THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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