New York S 3586: Ensures zero-emission school buses and major components thereof are manufactured and assembled within the United States and provides for waivers of zero-emission school bus requirements in certain circumstances

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S03586 Summary:

BILL NOS03586 

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Ensures zero-emission school buses and major components thereof are manufactured and assembled within the United States; provides for waivers of zero-emission school bus requirements in certain circumstances.

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BILL NOS03586 

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3586

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 ensuring zero-emission
 school buses and major components thereof are manufactured and assem-
 bled within the United States and providing for waivers of zero-emis-
 sion school bus requirements in certain circumstances

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 3638 of the education law,
 2 as added by section 1 of subpart A of part B of chapter 56 of the laws
 3 of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
 4 2. (a) No later than July first, two thousand twenty-seven, every
 5 school district shall:
 6 (i) only purchase or lease zero-emission school buses when purchasing
 7 or leasing new buses;
 8 (ii) include requirements in any procurement for school transportation
 9 services that any contractors providing transportation services for the
 10 school district must only purchase or lease zero-emission school buses
 11 when purchasing or leasing new school buses; and
 12 (iii) include requirements in any procurement for the manufacturing or
 13 retrofitting of a zero-emission school bus and charging or fueling
 14 infrastructure that the components and parts used or supplied in the
 15 performance of the contract or any subcontract thereto shall be produced
 16 or made in whole or substantial part in the United States, its territo-
 17 ries or possessions and that final assembly of the zero-emission school
 18 bus and charging or fueling infrastructure shall occur in the United
 19 States, its territories or possessions.
 20 (b) [The commissioner, in consultation with the New York state energy
 21 research and development authority and office of general services, may
 22 waive the contracting requirements set forth in subparagraph (iii) of
 23 paragraph (a) of this subdivision if the commissioner determines that
 24 the requirements would not be in the public interest, would result in
 25 unreasonable costs, or that obtaining such zero-emission school buses
 26 and charging or fueling infrastructure components and parts in the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08115-01-5

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 1 United States would increase the cost of a school district's contract
 2 for zero-emission school buses and charging or fueling infrastructure by
 3 an unreasonable amount, or such zero-emission school busses and charging
 4 or fueling infrastructure components and parts cannot be produced, made,
 5 or assembled in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available
 6 quantities or of satisfactory quality. Such determination must be made
 7 on an annual basis no later than December thirty-first, after providing
 8 notice and an opportunity for public comment, and be made publicly
 9 available, in writing, on the department's website with a detailed
 10 explanation of the findings leading to such determination. If the
 11 commissioner has issued determinations for three consecutive years that
 12 no such waiver is warranted pursuant to this paragraph, then the commis-
 13 sioner shall no longer be required to provide the annual determinations
 14 required by this paragraph.
 15 3.] No later than July first, two thousand thirty-five, every school
 16 district shall:
 17 [(a)] (i) only operate and maintain zero-emission sch