Bill Text: NY S05439 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of energy to adopt regulations increasing fuel economy standards for passenger vehicles purchased by or for the state or any agency or public authority thereof, and requires that by 2030 all such vehicles shall be battery, electric, plug-in hybrid electric or zero emission vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-04 - PRINT NUMBER 5439A [S05439 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5439
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 1, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  energy law, in relation to the purchase of fuel
          economy, electric and hybrid  passenger  vehicles  by  the  office  of
          general services
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 5-108 of the energy law, as amended by chapter  120
     2  of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  5-108.  Purchase of passenger automobiles.  a. The commissioner, in
     4  consultation with the commissioner of the office  of  general  services,
     5  shall  promulgate rules and regulations which shall require[, at a mini-
     6  mum,] that all passenger automobiles purchased by or for  the  state  or
     7  any  agency  or  public  authority  thereof,  of which a majority of the
     8  members are  appointed  by  the  governor,  in  any  fiscal  year  which
     9  commences  on  or  after  April first, [nineteen hundred eighty-one] two
    10  thousand twenty, achieve an average fuel economy [not  less  than]  that
    11  meets  or  exceeds  the  applicable average fuel economy standard estab-
    12  lished pursuant to the provisions of this section  for  the  model  year
    13  which includes January first of such fiscal year.
    14    b.  The  commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the  office of general
    15  services, shall be further authorized to establish minimum fuel  economy
    16  standards  for  different classes of passenger automobiles, as appropri-
    17  ate, which shall be applicable to such vehicles purchased by or for  the
    18  state  or any agency or public authority thereof subject to the require-
    19  ments of subdivision a  of  this  section.    Whenever  practicable  the
    20  commissioner  shall  purchase battery, electric, plug-in hybrid electric
    21  or zero-emission vehicles.
    22    c. As used in this section:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (1) The term "passenger automobile" means  any  four  wheeled  vehicle
     2  propelled by fuel which is manufactured for use on public streets, roads
     3  and highways, which is rated at six thousand pounds gross vehicle weight
     4  or  less,  and which the commissioner determines by rule is manufactured
     5  primarily  for  use  in the transportation of not more than ten individ-
     6  uals.
     7    (2) The term "passenger automobile" shall not include police, fire, or
     8  other emergency vehicles,  as  defined  by  the  commissioner,  or  snow
     9  removal,  salt-spreader,  and garbage disposal vehicles, or any vehicles
    10  which the commissioner determines, by  regulation,  should  be  excluded
    11  from being defined as "passenger vehicles".
    12    (3)  The term "average fuel economy" means the total number of passen-
    13  ger automobiles acquired in a fiscal year to which this section  applies
    14  divided  by  a sum of terms, each term of which is a fraction created by
    15  dividing (i) the number of passenger automobiles so acquired of a  given
    16  model  type, by (ii) the rated fuel economy of such model type as deter-
    17  mined and published by the federal agency  with  jurisdiction  over  the
    18  determination  and  publication of such fuel economy ratings during that
    19  fiscal year.
    20    (4) The term "average fuel economy standard" means the  average  miles
    21  per  gallon  to  be  achieved  in the operation of passenger automobiles
    22  manufactured in a particular model year and shall be as follows:
    23  Model year                                         Fuel economy standard
    24                                                       (miles per gallon)
    25     1981 ................................................... 22.0
    26     1982 ................................................... 24.0
    27     1983 ................................................... 26.0
    28     1984 ................................................... 27.0
    29     1985 ................................................... 27.5
    30     1991 [and thereafter] through 2019 ..................... 29.0
    31    Beginning July first, two thousand twenty, the commissioner shall  set
    32  targets through regulation for the acquisition and use of battery, elec-
    33  tric  or  plug-in  hybrid  electric vehicles. By two thousand thirty all
    34  passenger vehicles purchased by or for the state or any agency or public
    35  authority thereof shall be zero-emission vehicles.
    36    (5) The term "battery, electric, or plug-in hybrid  electric  vehicle"
    37  means  a motor vehicle, as defined in section one hundred twenty-five of
    38  the vehicle and traffic law, that: has four wheels; was manufactured for
    39  use primarily on public streets, roads and highways; the  powertrain  of
    40  which  has not been modified from the original manufacturer's specifica-
    41  tions; is rated at not more than  eight  thousand  five  hundred  pounds
    42  gross  vehicle  weight;  has maximum speed capability of at least fifty-
    43  five miles per hour; and is propelled at least in part by an  electronic
    44  motor and associated power electronics which provide acceleration torque
    45  to  the  drive wheels sometime during normal vehicle operation, and that
    46  draws electricity.
    47    (6) The term "zero-emission vehicles" shall have the same  meaning  as
    48  set forth in 6 NYCRR Part 218.
    49    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.