New York S 5942: Creates an electric school bus infrastructure investment pilot program

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S05942 Summary:

BILL NOS05942A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 6-B §§189-aa & 189-bb, Ec Dev L

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Creates an electric school bus infrastructure investment pilot program.

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BILL NOS05942A

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

03/04/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

03/04/2026PRINT NUMBER 5942A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5942--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Finance 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 economic development law, in relation to creating an
 electric school bus infrastructure investment pilot program; 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 economic development law is amended by adding a new
 2 article 6-B to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 6-B
 4 ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS INFRASTRUCTURE
 5 INVESTMENT PILOT PROGRAM
 6 Section 189-aa. Electric school bus infrastructure investment pilot
 7 program.
 8 189-bb. Rules and regulations.
 9 § 189-aa. Electric school bus infrastructure investment pilot program.
 10 (a) The department is authorized and directed to administer an electric
 11 school bus infrastructure investment pilot program. Awards for such
 12 program shall be decided through the existing regional economic develop-
 13 ment council process, with two school districts within each economic
 14 development region being awarded grants on a competitive basis each
 15 year. Such grant money may be used to offset the cost of planning and
 16 building the clean energy micro-grids needed to effectuate the conver-
 17 sion to electric buses, including, but not limited to, expenses such as
 18 engineering, land use, and other studies as may be necessary, as well as
 19 for other purposes deemed feasible and advisable by the department. Such
 20 micro-grid systems shall allow for the clean energy production of charg-
 21 ing infrastructure, by producing reduced long term operating expenses,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09608-03-6

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 1 and reliable power generation to meet the state's goals and mandates in
 2 this area.
 3 (b) The New York energy research and development authority shall
 4 contribute forty million dollars' worth of its own resources, from funds
 5 collected from ratepayers for the purpose of supporting clean energy
 6 programs, reducing emissions and fighting climate change, for the
 7 purposes of carrying out the provisions of this article.
 8 § 189-bb. Rules and regulations. The department, in consultation and
 9 cooperation with the New York energy research and development authority,
 10 is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate such rules and regu-
 11 lations as it deems necessary to fulfill the purposes of this article.
 12 Such rules and regulations shall be promulgated within ninety days of
 13 the effective date of this article.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026 and shall expire and be
 15 deemed repealed April 1, 2031. Effective immediately, the addition,
 16 amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the
 17 implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be
 18 made and completed on or before such effective date.

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