Bill Text: NY A00055 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes a biodiesel grant program for the agricultural production of biodiesel fuel; defines biodiesel fuel as a renewable, biodegradable, mono alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel derived from jatropha plants, algae production, mustard seed, animal fats and/or waste greases and oils; establishes the biodiesel grant program fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - print number 55a [A00055 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00055-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         55--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Energy -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy in accordance with
         Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the state finance law, in
         relation  to  a grant program for the agricultural production of biod-
         iesel fuel and a fund for the administration of such program
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
    2  section 1884 to read as follows:
    3    S 1884. BIODIESEL GRANT PROGRAM. 1. THE AUTHORITY SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS
    4  OF MATCHING FUNDS FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AGRICULTURAL  PRODUCTION
    5  OF BIODIESEL FUEL.
    6    2.  ALL  MONEYS RECEIVED OR ACCEPTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
    7  DEPOSITED INTO THE BIODIESEL GRANT PROGRAM FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO
    8  SECTION NINETY-NINE-V OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
    9    3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "BIODIESEL FUEL" SHALL MEAN A RENEWA-
   10  BLE,  BIODEGRADABLE,  MONO  ALKYL  ESTER COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID FUEL DERIVED
   11  FROM JATROPHA PLANTS, ALGAE PRODUCTION, MUSTARD SEED, ANIMAL FATS, OTHER
   12  AGRICULTURAL PLANT OILS AND/OR WASTE GREASES AND OILS.
   13    4. THE AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR  THE  APPLICATION  AND
   14  ADMINISTRATION OF THE BIODIESEL GRANT PROGRAM.
   15    S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-v to
   16  read as follows:
   17    S 99-V.  BIODIESEL GRANT PROGRAM FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY  ESTABLISHED
   18  IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW YORK
   19  STATE  ENERGY  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS
   20  THE BIODIESEL GRANT PROGRAM FUND.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    2. MONEYS OF THE BIODIESEL GRANT PROGRAM FUND, FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION
    2  BY THE LEGISLATURE AND ALLOCATION BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE  BUDGET,  SHALL
    3  BE  AVAILABLE  TO  SUCH CHAIRMAN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BIODIESEL
    4  GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR OF THE
    5  PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
    6    S  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    7  ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
    8  the New York state  energy  research  and  development  authority  shall
    9  establish  any  rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of
   10  this act on its effective date.