STATE OF NEW YORK
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7349
IN SENATE
January 21, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to the purchase of
zero-emission buses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
2 17-c to read as follows:
3 § 17-c. Zero-emission buses. 1. No later than January first, two thou-
4 sand twenty-nine, every public transportation system eligible to receive
5 operating assistance under the provisions of section eighteen-b of the
6 transportation law shall be required to purchase only zero-emission
7 buses and related equipment and facilities as part of the normal
8 replacement of its fleet.
9 2. For purposes of this section "zero-emission bus" shall mean a motor
10 vehicle that has a seating capacity of fifteen or more passengers in
11 addition to the driver and used for the transportation of persons; is
12 propelled by an electric motor and associated power electronics which
13 provide acceleration torque to the drive wheels during normal vehicle
14 operation and draws electricity from a hydrogen fuel cell or from a
15 battery which is capable of being recharged from an external source of
16 electricity; or otherwise operates without direct emission of atmospher-
17 ic pollutants.
18 § 2. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 18-c to
19 read as follows:
20 § 18-c. Capital plan requirements. In formulating the five-year
21 department of transportation capital plans, the department shall: (a)
22 consider the requirement of section seventeen-c of this article in its
23 disbursement of payment for the costs of mass transportation capital
24 projects and facilities and give preference in the form of payments to
25 public transportation systems eligible to receive operating assistance
26 under the provisions of section eighteen-b of this article that are able
27 to demonstrate commitments made towards purchasing zero-emission buses
28 and related equipment and facilities; and (b) facilitate for purposes of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 meeting the requirement of section seventeen-c of this article the coor-
2 dination of purchasing, installation and sharing services between public
3 transportation systems serving primarily outside the city of New York.
4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.