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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Mar 06, 2013 |
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Assembly Bill A5820
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Ellen C. Jaffee
William Colton
Aileen Gunther
multi-Sponsors
Kevin Cahill
Deborah Glick
Richard Gottfried
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
2013-A5820 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A5820 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes counties, cities, towns and villages to establish green loans programs to provide financing to residential property owners for the purchase and installation of solar energy generating systems and/or wind energy generating systems on such property, and/or for the costs of the performance of an energy efficiency analysis of the dwelling on such property and the completion of energy efficiency improvements upon such dwelling by a licensed contractor; such loans shall be repaid from an annual tax levy on the property; a property owner shall be eligible for only one such loan.
2013-A5820 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5820 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 6, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, BOYLAND, COOK, JAFFEE, COLTON, MAISEL, CASTRO, GUNTHER, BARRON, MILLMAN, HOOPER, ROSENTHAL, LIFTON, LAVINE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAHILL, GABRYSZAK, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, SCHIMEL, THIELE, TITONE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to establishing the green loans program to provide financing for the purchase and installation of residential solar and wind energy generating systems, and for the performance of improvements to improve the energy effi- ciency of residential dwellings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 96-c to read as follows: S 96-C. GREEN LOANS PROGRAM. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS: A. "MUNICIPALITY" MEANS A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE. B. "RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY" MEANS REAL PROPERTY HAVING AN OWNER OCCUPIED DWELLING UNIT THEREON. C. "RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY GENERATING SYSTEM" MEANS AN ARRANGEMENT OR COMBINATION OF COMPONENTS INSTALLED ON RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY THAT UTILIZES SOLAR RADIATION TO PRODUCE ENERGY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HEATING, COOLING, HOT WATER AND/OR ELECTRICITY. SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE EQUIPMENT THAT IS PART OF A NON-SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM. D. "RESIDENTIAL WIND ENERGY GENERATING SYSTEM" MEANS AN ARRANGEMENT OR COMBINATION OF COMPONENTS INSTALLED ON RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING POWER CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY OR MECHANICAL ENERGY THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING WIND ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL AND/OR ELECTRIC ENERGY, AND STORING OR DISTRIBUTING SUCH ENERGY. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09477-01-3
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