Assembly Bill A8035

                             
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                                   8035
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to building aid for
   incremental zero-emission school bus infrastructure costs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  6-i of section 3602 of the education law, as
 added by section 6 of part A of chapter 56  of  the  laws  of  2022,  is
 amended and a new subdivision 6-j is added to read as follows:
   6-i.  Building aid and the New York state energy research and develop-
 ment authority P-12 schools: clean green schools initiative. 1. For  aid
 payable  in the school years two thousand twenty-two--two thousand twen-
 ty-three and thereafter, notwithstanding any provision  of  law  to  the
 contrary,  the  apportionment  to  any  district  under subdivision six,
 six-a, six-b, six-c, six-e, six-f, [or] six-h, OR SIX-J of this  section
 for  capital  outlays for school building projects for energy efficiency
 shall not exclude grants authorized pursuant to the New York state ener-
 gy research and development authority P-12 schools: clean green  schools
 initiative  from  aidable  expenditures, provided that the sum of appor-
 tionments for these projects calculated  pursuant  to  subdivision  six,
 six-a,  six-b, six-c, six-e, six-f, [or] six-h, OR SIX-J of this section
 and such grants shall not exceed the actual project expenditures.
   2. The New York state energy research and development authority  shall
 provide  a  list  of  energy  efficiency  grants  awarded to each school
 district to the commissioner no later than one month prior to the end of
 each calendar year and each school year. This  list  shall  include  the
 capital construction project or projects funded by the grants, the award
 amounts  of  each  individual project grant, the district receiving such
 grants, the schools receiving such grants, the date on which  the  grant
 was received, and any other information necessary for the calculation of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 aid pursuant to subdivision six, six-a, six-b, six-c, six-e, six-f, [or]
 six-h, OR SIX-J of this section.
   6-J. BUILDING AID FOR INCREMENTAL ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUS INFRASTRUC-
 TURE COSTS. A. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL  HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 1. "INCREMENTAL ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL
 BUS STORAGE COSTS" SHALL MEAN THE SUM OF ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THE  STOR-
 AGE  OF  ZERO-EMISSION  SCHOOL  BUSES  AS COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL SCHOOL
 BUSES. SUCH INCREMENTAL COSTS SHALL REFLECT NEW OR INCREASED COSTS FROM,
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: MODIFICATIONS TO BUS FACILITIES SUCH AS WIDER AND
 TALLER DOORS AND/OR GARAGES, MODIFICATIONS TO BUS FACILITIES TO  ADDRESS
 HIGHER  WEIGHTS  SUCH  AS HIGHER POWER LIFTS, EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE FOR
 ADVANCED FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF  CHARGE
 MANAGEMENT  SYSTEMS, AND THE COST OF ENTIRE STORAGE FACILITIES OR PREPA-
 RATION OF STORAGE LOCATIONS WHERE ONE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY  BUT
 FOR THE STORAGE OF ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES; AND
   2. "INCREMENTAL CUSTOMER-OWNED MAKE-READY COSTS" SHALL MEAN THE SUM OF
 ADDITIONAL  COSTS  OF ANY CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN EQUIPMENT OR INFRASTRUC-
 TURE BEYOND THE UTILITY SERVICE POINT NECESSARY TO MAKE A SITE READY  TO
 ACCEPT AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER, INCLUDING CONDUCTORS, TRENCHING, AND
 PANELS,  WHERE SUCH COSTS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PRESENT BUT FOR THE PREPA-
 RATION OF THE SITE TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES.
   B. IN ADDITION TO THE APPORTIONMENTS  PAYABLE  TO  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT
 PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED TO APPORTION TO ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT ADDITIONAL  BUILDING  AID
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION FOR ITS APPROVED EXPENDITURES, OTHERWISE
 INELIGIBLE FOR BUILDING AID, BEGINNING IN THE BASE YEAR THROUGH THE  TWO
 THOUSAND  THIRTY-FOUR--TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTY-FIVE SCHOOL YEAR FOR INCRE-
 MENTAL ZERO-EMISSION SCHOOL BUS STORAGE COSTS AND INCREMENTAL  CUSTOMER-
 OWNED MAKE-READY COSTS THAT ARE CONSTRUCTED OR IMPROVED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  PROVIDED  THAT SUCH EXPENDITURES ARE NOT REIMBURSABLE FROM
 ANOTHER STATE OR FEDERAL SOURCE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION  SIX-I
 OF  THIS SECTION, OR FROM FUNDING FROM ONE OR MORE ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS
 AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE  LAW.  SUCH
 AID  SHALL  EQUAL THE ACTUAL APPROVED EXPENDITURES INCURRED BEGINNING IN
 THE BASE YEAR THROUGH THE TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-FOUR--TWO  THOUSAND  THIR-
 TY-FIVE  SCHOOL  YEAR  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION, TO THE EXTENT THAT
 SUCH EXPENDITURES ARE NOT REIMBURSABLE FROM  ANOTHER  STATE  OR  FEDERAL
 SOURCE  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION SIX-I OF THIS SECTION, OR FROM
 FUNDING FROM ONE OR MORE ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS AS SUCH TERM  IS  DEFINED
 IN SECTION TWO OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW.
   §  2. This act shall take effect immediately