Establishes a biodiesel grant program for the agricultural production of biodiesel fuel; defines biodiesel fuel as a fuel comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, designated B100, and meeting the requirements of the American Society of Testing and Materials designation of D 6751; establishes the biodiesel grant program fund.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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370--B
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. ORTT, AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
nications -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the
Committee on Energy and Telecommunications in accordance with Senate
Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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-bb of the state finance law.
9 3. For purposes of this section, "biodiesel fuel" shall mean a fuel
10 comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from
11 vegetable oils or animal fats, designated B100, and meeting the require-
12 ments of the ASTM of D 6751.
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-bb to
16 read as follows:
17 § 99-bb. Biodiesel grant program fund. 1. There is hereby established
18 in the joint custody of the comptroller and the chairman of the New York
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 state energy research and development authority, a fund to be known as
2 the biodiesel grant program fund.
3 2. Moneys of the biodiesel grant program fund, following appropriation
4 by the legislature and allocation by the director of the budget, shall
5 be available to such chairman for the administration of the biodiesel
6 grant program established by section eighteen hundred eighty-four of the
7 public authorities law.
8 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
9 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
10 the New York state energy research and development authority shall
11 establish any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of
12 this act on its effective date.
