STATE OF NEW YORK
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2110
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. FERNANDEZ, COLTON, RAMOS, BARRON, DINOWITZ,
SEAWRIGHT, D. ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, GALEF, SAYEGH, CRUZ,
ABBATE, TAYLOR, GLICK, COOK, REYES, ASHBY, DICKENS, CARROLL, LAVINE,
MONTESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
Operations
AN ACT to direct the office of general services to conduct a feasibility
study on installing solar panels on all public buildings under the
jurisdiction of the office of general services; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The office of general services, in consultation with the
2 department of environmental conservation, shall study the cost and
3 viability of installing solar panels on all public buildings under the
4 jurisdiction of the office of general services. Such study shall also
5 identify buildings that have a historic design that the office deter-
6 mines shall be unduly burdened by solar panels; and buildings that the
7 office determines do not receive adequate sunlight to justify the cost
8 of installation of solar panels.
9 § 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
10 office of general services shall report its findings of such study to
11 the governor and the legislature, as described under section one of this
12 act.
13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
14 deemed repealed one year after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05487-01-1
