Bill Text: NY S01247 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a clean air account and makes an appropriation therefor; specifies the manner in which such appropriation is to be utilized.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S01247 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01247-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1247
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  PERKINS,  ADAMS,  DIAZ,  DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON,
         KRUEGER, PARKER, SAMPSON, SERRANO, STEWART-COUSINS -- read  twice  and
         ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
         Finance
       AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
         clean air account; and making an appropriation therefor
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 92-s of  the  state
    2  finance  law, as added by chapter 610 of the laws of 1993, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    a. The comptroller shall establish the following separate and distinct
    5  accounts within the environmental protection fund:
    6    (i) solid waste account;
    7    (ii) parks, recreation and historic preservation account;
    8    (iii) open space account; [and]
    9    (iv) environmental protection transfer account[.]; AND
   10    (V) CLEAN AIR ACCOUNT.
   11    S 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 6  of  section  92-s  of  the  state
   12  finance law is relettered paragraph (f) and a new paragraph (e) is added
   13  to read as follows:
   14    (E)  MONEYS FROM THE CLEAN AIR ACCOUNT SHALL BE AVAILABLE, PURSUANT TO
   15  APPROPRIATION, FOR CLEAN AIR ACCOUNT PROJECTS ACCORDING TO  THE  FOLLOW-
   16  ING:
   17    (I) THIRTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO UPGRADE SCHOOL BOILERS. THE COMMIS-
   18  SIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE THE PRIORI-
   19  TY OF WHICH SCHOOL BOILERS SHALL BE REPLACED;
   20    (II)  FIVE  MILLION DOLLARS FOR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS IN CLEAN AIR NON-AT-
   21  TAINMENT AREAS TO PAY FOR THE INCREASED COST OF ULTRA LOW SULFUR DIESEL;
   22  AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    (III) TEN MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND THE INITIAL  COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH
    2  CONVERSION TO BOILERS OR FURNACES THAT USE BIO-FUEL.
    3    S 3. The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), or so much there-
    4  of  as  may  be  necessary,  is hereby appropriated to the department of
    5  environmental conservation out of any moneys in the  state  treasury  in
    6  the  general  fund to the credit of the clean air account, not otherwise
    7  appropriated, and made immediately available, for the purpose of  carry-
    8  ing  out the provisions of this act. Such moneys shall be payable on the
    9  audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified  or  approved
   10  by  the  commissioner of the department of environmental conservation in
   11  the manner prescribed by law.
   12    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.