Assembly Bill A271

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires cities with populations over 45,000 to incrementally reduce emissions in diesel powered motor vehicles owned by city agencies

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A271 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S922
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0306-b, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7915, S4458
2011-2012: A6379, S2720
2015-2016: A5588, S958
2017-2018: S3211

2013-A271 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires cities with populations over 45,000 to incrementally reduce emissions in diesel powered motor vehicles owned by city agencies; defines terms.

2013-A271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   271

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KAVANAGH  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Environmental
  Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  reducing the emission of pollutants  from  diesel  fuel-powered  motor
  vehicles owned by agencies of cities with populations over 45,000

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
new section 19-0306-b to read as follows:
S  19-0306-B.  USE  OF  ULTRA  LOW SULFUR DIESEL FUEL AND BEST AVAILABLE
                 RETROFIT TECHNOLOGY BY DIESEL FUEL-POWERED MOTOR  VEHI-
                 CLES  IN  CITIES WITH POPULATIONS OVER FORTY-FIVE THOU-
                 SAND.
  1. DEFINITIONS.  WHEN USED IN THIS SECTION:
  A. "BEST AVAILABLE RETROFIT TECHNOLOGY" MEANS TECHNOLOGY, VERIFIED  BY
THE  EPA   OR THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD, FOR REDUCING THE EMIS-
SION OF POLLUTANTS THAT ACHIEVES REDUCTIONS IN PARTICULATE MATTER  EMIS-
SIONS  AT  THE  HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION LEVEL FOR DIESEL EMISSION CONTROL
STRATEGIES, AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS  SECTION,  THAT  IS
APPLICABLE  TO  THE  PARTICULAR ENGINE AND APPLICATION.  SUCH TECHNOLOGY
SHALL ALSO, AT A REASONABLE COST,  ACHIEVE  THE  GREATEST  REDUCTION  IN
EMISSIONS  OF NITROGEN OXIDES AT SUCH PARTICULATE MATTER REDUCTION LEVEL
AND SHALL IN NO EVENT RESULT IN A  NET  INCREASE  IN  THE  EMISSIONS  OF
EITHER PARTICULATE MATTER OR NITROGEN OXIDES.
  B.  "CITY  AGENCY"  MEANS  A  CITY,  COUNTY,  BOROUGH, ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BUREAU, BOARD OR  COMMISSION,  OR  A  CORPORATION,
INSTITUTION  OR  AGENCY OF GOVERNMENT, THE EXPENSES OF WHICH ARE PAID IN
WHOLE OR IN PART FROM THE CITY TREASURY.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00541-01-3
              

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