Bill Text: NY A04133 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4133 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to requiring businesses to meet certain green requirements to be eligible for the START-UP NY program; businesses operating in newly constructed buildings shall be powered by at least thirty-five percent alternative energy; businesses operating in already existing buildings shall utilize at least forty-five percent less electricity than neighboring businesses of similar size and business type.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-13 - held for consideration in economic development [A04133 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04133-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4133
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 1, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RA,  COLTON, McDONOUGH, RAIA, VANEL, D'URSO,
          MONTESANO, WALKER -- read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Economic Development
        AN  ACT  to amend the economic development law, in relation to requiring
          businesses to meet certain green requirements to be eligible  for  the
          START-UP NY program
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 433 of  the  economic  development
     2  law is amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
     3    (h)  If  a business is or will be operating out of a newly constructed
     4  building the business shall demonstrate that it will, within  its  first
     5  year  of  operation  as  a  participant  in  the START-UP NY program, be
     6  powered by at least thirty-five percent  alternative  energy  including,
     7  but  not limited to, wind energy, solar energy and geothermal energy. If
     8  a business is or will be operating out of an already existing  building,
     9  such business shall, within its first year of operation as a participant
    10  in  the  START-UP  NY  program, utilize at least forty-five percent less
    11  electricity than neighboring businesses of  similar  size  and  business
    12  type who are not part of the START-UP NY program.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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