New York S 6209: Relates to requiring the department of transportation to prepare a plan for every public transportation system to be eligible to receive assistance in the purchase of new zero-emission buses or vehicles

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S06209 Summary:

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Relates to requiring the department of transportation to prepare a plan for every public transportation system to be eligible to receive operating assistance in the purchase of new zero-emission buses or vehicles.

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03/06/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6209

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 requiring the
 department of transportation to prepare a plan for every public trans-
 portation system to be eligible to receive operating assistance in the
 purchase of any new zero-emission buses or other municipal zero-emis-
 sion vehicles

 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 18-c to read as follows:
 3 § 18-c. Zero-emission municipal fleet plan. 1. (a) No later than one
 4 year from the effective date of this section, the department shall
 5 prepare, in consultation with the New York state energy research and
 6 development authority and the office of general services, a plan for
 7 every public transportation system to be eligible to receive operating
 8 assistance in the purchase of any new zero-emission buses or other
 9 municipal zero-emission vehicles and related equipment and facilities as
 10 part of the normal replacement of its fleet. The plan shall also identi-
 11 fy potential funding sources for the program.
 12 (b) For the purposes of this section:
 13 (i) "zero-emission bus" shall mean a zero-emission vehicle that has a
 14 seating capacity of fifteen or more passengers in addition to the driver
 15 and is used for the transportation of persons; and
 16 (ii) "zero-emission vehicle" shall mean a vehicle powered by means of
 17 a battery or fuel cell or a combination thereof, or another source of
 18 power, that produces zero exhaust emissions of any greenhouse gas,
 19 criteria pollutant or precursor pollutant under any and all possible
 20 operational modes and conditions.
 21 2. The department's plan shall include all of the following compo-
 22 nents:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02237-01-5

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 1 (i) a goal of full transition to zero-emission buses by two thousand
 2 forty;
 3 (ii) identification of potential types of zero-emission vehicle tech-
 4 nologies for deployment, such as battery electric or fuel cell electric
 5 vehicles;
 6 (iii) a schedule for construction of facilities and infrastructure
 7 modifications or upgrades, including charging, fueling, and maintenance
 8 facilities, to deploy and maintain zero-emission vehicles. This schedule
 9 shall specify the general location of each facility, type of infrastruc-
 10 ture, service capacity of infrastructure, and a timeline for
 11 construction;
 12 (iv) a schedule for zero-emission and conventional internal combustion
 13 engine bus purchases and lease options;
 14 (v) a schedule for conversion of conventional internal combustion
 15 engine buses to zero-emission buses, if any;
 16 (vi) a description on how a transit agency plans to deploy zero-emis-
 17 sion buses in disadvantaged communities;
 18 (vii) a training plan and schedule for municipal bus operators and
 19 maintenance and repair staff regarding operation and maintenance of
 20 zero-emission buses and zero-emission vehicles; and
 21 (viii) the use of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) funds,
 22 implemented in the state pursuant to 21 NYCRR part 507, and other tax
 23 credits as funding sources.
 24 3. Two years after the effective date of this section, and annually
 25 thereafter, the departm