Bill Text: NY A02182 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Enacts energy efficiency standards for televisions; amends definition of television and adds other, related definitions.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-27 - advanced to third reading cal.466 [A02182 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A02182-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2182--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, BOYLAND, COLTON, COOK, GALEF, HOOPER, MARKEY, MILLMAN, ROSENTHAL, STEVENSON, BRENNAN, FINCH, GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, RIVERA, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to increasing the energy efficiency of televisions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 16-102 of the energy law is amended by adding three 2 new subdivisions 7-a, 10-a and 33-a to read as follows: 3 7-A. "COMBINATION TELEVISION" MEANS A SYSTEM IN WHICH A TELEVISION OR 4 TELEVISION MONITOR AND AN ADDITIONAL DEVICE OR DEVICES INCLUDING, BUT 5 NOT LIMITED TO, A DVD PLAYER, AN HDD PLAYER OR A VCR, ARE COMBINED INTO 6 A SINGLE UNIT AND INCLUDED IN THE TELEVISION CASING. 7 10-A. "COMPONENT TELEVISION" MEANS A TELEVISION COMPOSED OF TWO OR 8 MORE SEPARATE COMPONENTS (E.G. SEPARATE DISPLAY DEVICE AND TUNER) 9 MARKETED AND SOLD AS A TELEVISION UNDER ONE MODEL OR SYSTEM DESIGNATION. 10 THE SYSTEM MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE POWER CORD. 11 33-A. "TELEVISION MONITOR" MEANS A TELEVISION THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN 12 INTERNAL TUNER, RECEIVER, OR PLAYBACK DEVICE. 13 S 2. Subdivision 33 of section 16-102 of the energy law, as added by 14 chapter 431 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 15 33. "Television (TV)" means [a commercially available electronic prod- 16 uct consisting of a tuner/receiver and a monitor encased in a single 17 housing, which is designed to receive and display an analog or digital 18 video television signal broadcast by an antenna, satellite, cable, or 19 broadband source. "Television" does not include multifunction TVs which 20 have VCR, DVD, DVR, or EPG functions] AN ANALOG OR DIGITAL DEVICE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00250-02-3 A. 2182--A 2 1 DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR THE DISPLAY AND RECEPTION OF A TERRESTRIAL, 2 SATELLITE, CABLE INTERNET PROTOCOL TV (IPTV) OR OTHER BROADCAST OR 3 RECORDED TRANSMISSION OF ANALOG OR DIGITAL SIGNALS. TELEVISIONS INCLUDE 4 COMBINATION TELEVISIONS, TELEVISION MONITORS, COMPONENT TELEVISIONS, AND 5 ANY PRODUCT THAT IS MARKETED AS A TELEVISION. 6 S 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 16-106 of the energy 7 law, as added by chapter 431 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as 8 follows: 9 (a) On or before June thirtieth, two thousand six, the secretary, in 10 consultation with the president, shall adopt regulations in accordance 11 with the provisions of this article establishing: (i) energy efficiency 12 performance standards for new products of the types set forth in para- 13 graphs (a) through [(n)] (S) of subdivision one of section 16-104 of 14 this article, with the exception of such paragraph (g) (incandescent 15 reflector lamps); (ii) procedures for testing the energy efficiency of 16 the products covered by paragraphs (a) through [(n)] (S) of subdivision 17 one of section 16-104 of this article; (iii) procedures for manufactur- 18 ers to certify that products covered under this article meet the energy 19 efficiency standards to be promulgated under this article; and (iv) such 20 further matters as are necessary to insure the proper implementation and 21 enforcement of the provisions of this article. With respect to incandes- 22 cent reflector lamps, included in paragraph (g) of subdivision one of 23 section 16-104 of this article, the secretary, in consultation with the 24 president, shall conduct a study to determine whether an energy effi- 25 ciency performance standard for such product should be established, 26 taking into account factors including the potential impact on electric- 27 ity usage, product availability and consumer and environmental benefits. 28 If it is determined based on this study that such a standard would 29 reduce energy use and would not be preempted by the federal law, the 30 secretary, in consultation with the president, shall adopt regulations 31 in accordance with the provisions of this article establishing energy 32 performance standards for such product on or before January first, two 33 thousand eight. WITH RESPECT TO TELEVISIONS INCLUDED IN SUBDIVISION 34 THIRTY-THREE OF SECTION 16-102 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE SECRETARY, IN 35 CONSULTATION WITH THE PRESIDENT, SHALL ADOPT ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERFORM- 36 ANCE STANDARDS THAT CONFORM TO APPLIANCE EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR SUCH 37 PRODUCTS ESTABLISHED BY THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION. 38 S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 39 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 40 ment, or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the timely 41 implementation of this act on or before its effective date is hereby 42 authorized to be made.