Assembly Bill A8917

                             
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                                   8917
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2024
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 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN, LEVENBERG, GIBBS, REYES, SIMON, COLTON,
   OTIS, CUNNINGHAM, L. ROSENTHAL  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   requiring the department of  environmental  conservation,  in  coordi-
   nation with the New York state energy research and development author-
   ity, to submit an annual agency climate expenditure report
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 75-0121 to read as follows:
 § 75-0121. AGENCY CLIMATE EXPENDITURE REPORTING.
   1.  DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "AGENCY" MEANS ANY DEPARTMENT, BOARD,  BUREAU,  COMMISSION,  DIVI-
 SION, OFFICE, OR COMMITTEE OF THE STATE, OR STATE AUTHORITY.
   (B)  "STATE AUTHORITY" SHALL MEAN A PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT
 CORPORATION CREATED BY OR EXISTING UNDER THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW,  OR
 ANY  OTHER LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITH ONE OR MORE OF ITS MEMBERS
 APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR OR WHO SERVE AS MEMBERS BY VIRTUE OF HOLDING A
 CIVIL OFFICE OF THE STATE, OTHER THAN  AN  INTERSTATE  OR  INTERNATIONAL
 AUTHORITY  OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, INCLUDING SUBSIDIARIES OF SUCH
 PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION.
   (C) "STATE CLIMATE GOALS" MEANS THE  GOALS  AND  REQUIREMENTS  AS  SET
 FORTH IN CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED SIX OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
   2. ANNUAL AGENCY CLIMATE EXPENDITURE REPORT.  THE DEPARTMENT, IN COOR-
 DINATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHOR-
 ITY  SHALL  SUBMIT TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER
 OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE  SENATE,  AND  THE  MINORITY
 LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AS EARLY AS PRACTICABLE, BUT NO LATER THAN JANU-
 ARY THIRTIETH OF EACH YEAR, AN ANNUAL AGENCY CLIMATE EXPENDITURE REPORT.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL CONTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE ESTIMATE AND SUMMARY OF SPEND-
 ING,  TO  ACHIEVE THE STATE CLIMATE GOALS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL AGENCY AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00524-08-4
              

 A. 8917                             2
 
 FOR THE STATE AS A WHOLE, BROKEN DOWN FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL  CLIMATE  GOAL
 INCLUDING:
   (A) AMOUNTS OF FUNDS SPENT IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR;
   (B) FUNDS NEEDED FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR; AND
   (C)  AN ANALYSIS OF HOW THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS UNDER PARAGRAPHS (A) AND
 (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION HAVE MET OR ARE PROJECTED TO  MEET  REQUIREMENTS
 FOR  BENEFITING  DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES UNDER SECTION 75-0111 OF THIS
 ARTICLE, AND UNDER THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION.
   3. ACHIEVEMENT OF STATE CLIMATE GOALS. UPON  A  DETERMINATION  BY  THE
 COUNCIL  THAT  ANY  SPECIFIC  STATE  CLIMATE  GOAL  SET FORTH IN SECTION
 75-0107 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE TARGETS AS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF
 SECTION  SIXTY-SIX-P  OF  THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE  LAW,  OR THE PROCUREMENT
 REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION SIXTY-SIX-P  OF  THE  PUBLIC
 SERVICE  LAW HAVE BEEN MET, SUCH INFORMATION SHALL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED
 TO BE INCLUDED IN  FUTURE  ANNUAL  AGENCY  CLIMATE  EXPENDITURE  REPORTS
 SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of February following one
 year after which it shall have become a law.