Requires state office buildings to be in compliance with the greenhouse gas emissions limits established by the New York state climate leadership and community protection act three years before such limits apply statewide.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1258
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
requiring state office buildings to be in compliance with certain
greenhouse gas emissions limits three years before such limits apply
statewide
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 75-0109 of the environmental
2 conservation law is amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as
3 follows:
4 e. Ensure that the aggregate emissions of greenhouse gases resulting
5 from the operation of state office buildings shall not exceed the state-
6 wide greenhouse gas emissions limits established in section 75-0107 of
7 this article, three years before such statewide greenhouse gas emissions
8 are required by section 75-0107 of this article.
9 § 2. Section 75-0101 of the environmental conservation law is amended
10 by adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
11 16. "State office building" means any building or group of buildings
12 together with their common facilities, related public improvements, and
13 appurtenances, constructed by or for the state, and owned by the state,
14 for the primary use as state offices, departments, agencies, or other-
15 wise for use by state employees or the public at large.
16 § 3. 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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