New York S 8003: Relates to lease terms for zero-emission school buses

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S08003 Summary:

BILL NOS08003 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08750

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSRJACKSON, PARKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1604, 1709 & 3602, Ed L

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Relates to lease terms for zero-emission school buses; permits leases of up to 12 years.

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BILL NOS08003 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

05/28/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8003

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to lease terms for zero-
 emission school buses

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 21-a of section 1604 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 563 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 21-a. To lease a motor vehicle or vehicles to be used for the trans-
 5 portation of the children of the district from a school district, board
 6 of cooperative educational services or county vocational education and
 7 extension board or from any other source, under the conditions specified
 8 in this subdivision. No such agreement for the lease of a motor vehicle
 9 or vehicles shall be for a term of more than one school year, provided
 10 that when authorized by a vote of the qualified voters of the district
 11 such lease may have a term of up to five years, or [eight] twelve years
 12 for the lease of zero-emission school buses as defined in section thir-
 13 ty-six hundred thirty-eight of this chapter. Where the trustee or board
 14 of trustees enter into a lease of a motor vehicle or vehicles pursuant
 15 to this subdivision for a term of one school year or less, such trustee
 16 or board shall not be authorized to enter into another lease for the
 17 same or an equivalent replacement vehicle or vehicles, as determined by
 18 the commissioner, without obtaining approval of the qualified voters of
 19 the school district.
 20 § 2. Paragraph i of subdivision 25 of section 1709 of the education
 21 law, as amended by chapter 563 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read
 22 as follows:
 23 i. In addition to the authority granted in paragraph e of this subdi-
 24 vision, the board of education shall be authorized to lease a motor
 25 vehicle or vehicles to be used for the transportation of the children of
 26 the district from sources other than a school district, board of cooper-
 27 ative educational services or county vocational education and extension
 28 board under the conditions specified in this paragraph. No such agree-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13103-01-5

 S. 8003 2

 1 ment for the lease of a motor vehicle or vehicles shall be for a term of
 2 more than one school year, provided that when authorized by a vote of
 3 the qualified voters of the district such lease may have a term of up to
 4 five years, or [eight] twelve years for the lease of zero-emission
 5 school buses as defined in section thirty-six hundred thirty-eight of
 6 this chapter. Where the board of education enters a lease of a motor
 7 vehicle or vehicles pursuant to this paragraph for a term of one school
 8 year or less, such board shall not be authorized to enter into another
 9 lease of the same or an equivalent replacement vehicle or vehicles, as
 10 determined by the commissioner, without obtaining approval of the
 11 voters.
 12 § 3. Paragraph e of subdivision 7 of section 3602 of the education
 13 law, as amended by chapter 563 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read
 14 as follows:
 15 e. In determining approved transportation capital, debt service and
 16 lease expense for aid payable in the two thousand five--two thousand six
 17 school year and thereafter, the commissioner, after applying the
 18 provisions of paragraph c of this subdivision to such expense, shall
 19 e