Requires entities selling zero-emission school buses to provide an independent range estimate to prospective purchasers; requires the office of general services to promulgate regulations and to provide zero-emission school bus manufacturers with a list of parties that may provide independent range verification.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7593
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 1, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring entities
selling zero-emission school buses to provide an independent range
estimate to prospective purchasers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3638 of the education law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. (A) ANY ENTITY SEEKING TO SELL ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES TO SCHOOL
DISTRICTS OR CONTRACTORS FOR USE IN PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO
SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN INDEPENDENT RANGE ESTI-
MATE TO PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS BEFORE SELLING SUCH BUSES. SUCH RANGE
ESTIMATE SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, PROVIDE THE ESTIMATED RANGE ON DIFFERENT
TERRAIN AND IN DIFFERENT WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE RANGE ESTIMATE SHALL
ALSO INCLUDE THE AVERAGE LEVEL OF BATTERY DEGRADATION PER TEN THOUSAND
MILES TRAVELED AND CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER THE BUS IS STORED OUTSIDE OR
IN AN INDOOR GARAGE.
(B) THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK
STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, SHALL, NO LATER THAN
NINETY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, PROMULGATE
REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND SHALL
PROVIDE ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUS MANUFACTURERS WITH A LIST OF PARTIES
THAT MAY PROVIDE INDEPENDENT RANGE VERIFICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
SUBDIVISION.
(C) NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO HAVE ANY
EFFECT ON COMPLETED SALES OR SALES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PROCESS WHILE
REGULATIONS ARE BEING PROMULGATED OR PRIOR TO THEIR EFFECTIVE DATE;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT FOR ANY SALES WHICH, PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH,
A RANGE ESTIMATE IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED PRIOR TO SUCH SALE, IF
THE ENTITY SELLING SUCH ZERO-EMISSION BUS OR BUSES LATER RECEIVES A
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11102-01-5
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