Establishes a biodiesel grant program for the agricultural production of biodiesel fuel; defines biodiesel fuel as a renewable, biodegradable, mono alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel derived from jatropha plants, algae production, mustard seed, animal fats and/or waste greases and oils; establishes the biodiesel grant program fund.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7168--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 14, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy in accordance
with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the state finance law, in
relation to a grant program for the agricultural production of biod-
iesel fuel and a fund for the administration of such program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
2 section 1884 to read as follows:
3 § 1884. Biodiesel grant program. 1. The authority shall provide grants
4 of matching funds for costs associated with the agricultural production
5 of biodiesel fuel.
6 2. All moneys received or accepted pursuant to this section shall be
7 deposited into the biodiesel grant program fund established pursuant to
8 section ninety-nine-u of the state finance law.
9 3. For purposes of this section, "biodiesel fuel" shall mean a renewa-
10 ble, biodegradable, mono alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel derived
11 from jatropha plants, algae production, mustard seed, animal fats, other
12 agricultural plant oils and/or waste greases and oils.
13 4. The authority shall establish guidelines for the application and
14 administration of the biodiesel grant program.
15 § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-u to
16 read as follows:
17 § 99-u. Biodiesel grant program fund. 1. There is hereby established
18 in the joint custody of the comptroller and the chairman of the New York
19 state energy research and development authority, a fund to be known as
20 the biodiesel grant program fund.
21 2. Moneys of the biodiesel grant program fund, following appropriation
22 by the legislature and allocation by the director of the budget, shall
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 be available to such chairman for the administration of the biodiesel
2 grant program established by section eighteen hundred eighty-four of the
3 public authorities law.
4 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
5 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
6 the New York state energy research and development authority shall
7 establish any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of
8 this act on its effective date.
