2006 New York Code - State Clean-fueled Vehicle Program.

 
    §  201-a.  State  clean-fueled  vehicle  program.    1. There shall be
  created within the office of general  services  a  clean-fueled  vehicle
  program,  with  the purpose of acquiring clean-fueled vehicles for state
  use and testing and evaluating clean-fueled vehicle technologies.
    2. For the purposes of this section, the term  "clean-fueled  vehicle"
  shall  mean  any  motor  vehicle  as  defined  in  section  one  hundred
  twenty-five of the vehicle  and  traffic  law,  that  uses  electricity,
  either stored or generated on-board, as its primary motive force or that
  is  fueled  by  compressed  natural  gas, propane, methanol, hydrogen or
  ethanol.
    3. The office of general services, in coordination with the  New  York
  state  energy  research and development authority, and the department of
  environmental conservation, shall be responsible for developing a  state
  clean-fueled   vehicle  strategy  which  shall  determine  how  best  to
  incorporate clean-fueled vehicles into the state fleet.   In  developing
  the strategy, the office of general services shall consider such factors
  as:  the duty to be performed by the vehicle, the terrain and climate of
  the  area  of  the  state  in which the vehicle is to be used, and other
  factors the office of general services, in  coordination  with  the  New
  York  state energy research and development authority and the department
  of environmental conservation, deem relevant.
    4. The office of general services, in coordination with the  New  York
  state energy research and development authority, the department of motor
  vehicles and the department of environmental conservation, shall issue a
  report  to  the  governor  and the legislature on or before April first,
  nineteen hundred ninety-seven setting forth the state's strategy for the
  acquisition and utilization of clean-fueled vehicles  and  shall  update
  such strategy periodically.
    5.  Such  report  shall  include,  at  a minimum, a description of the
  state's strategies to promote the use of clean-fueled  vehicles  by  the
  general  public  and in the state fleet.  Such strategies shall include:
  necessary  amendments  of  state  procurement  policies  to  allow   and
  encourage  acquisition  of  clean-fueled vehicles, development of policy
  recommendations to establish incentives for acquisition of  clean-fueled
  vehicles  for  use by individuals and private fleets, expeditious review
  of policies  and  procedures  identified  as  barriers  to  clean-fueled
  vehicle  introduction,  and  revision of such policies and procedures as
  appropriate.   The report shall  also  assess  existing  infrastructure,
  determine   what   changes   are  necessary  to  support  a  sustainable
  clean-fueled vehicles market and recommend how best to  implement  those
  changes.    The report shall assess factors including but not limited to
  the following:  the availability and viability of existing or developing
  technology, sufficient public recharging/refueling capability, standards
  for recharging/refueling technologies, utility  power  quality,  vehicle
  registration   considerations,  public  outreach  and  safety  training,
  battery recycling capability, insurance  and  liability  considerations,
  and  clean-fueled vehicle acquisition incentives.  The report shall also
  determine the number of clean-fueled vehicles for immediate use  in  the
  state fleet that can be supported by existing infrastructure.
    6.  Immediately  after submission of the report defined in subdivision
  five of this section, the office  of  general  services  shall  begin  a
  project to implement the recommendations and strategies of such report.
    7.    The  office of general services shall develop a specific plan to
  procure and install necessary infrastructure  for  a  sustainable  state
  clean-fueled  vehicle fleet, including a time frame for such procurement
  and installation.   In developing  such  plan,  the  office  of  general
  services  shall consider to the greatest extent possible any steps which
  will encourage the utilization of clean-fueled vehicles by  the  private
  sector.    The  office of general services shall either begin to acquire
  and install necessary infrastructure or issue requests for proposals for
  such procurement and installation, no later than January first, nineteen
  hundred   ninety-eight,   provided   however,  that  no  acquisition  of
  clean-fueled vehicles, or  installation  of  associated  infrastructure,
  from  the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to the Clean Water/Clean Air
  Bond Act of 1996, shall occur prior to  April  first,  nineteen  hundred
  ninety-seven.
    8.    The office of general services shall develop a specific plan for
  the procurement of clean-fueled vehicles for use  in  the  state  fleet.
  Procurement  of clean-fueled vehicles and utilization in the state fleet
  using proceeds of bonds sold pursuant to the Clean Water/Clean Air  Bond
  Act  of  1996 shall begin as soon as possible after the issuance of, and
  in accordance with, the report  defined  in  subdivision  five  of  this
  section.
    9. The office of general services, department of economic development,
  and  the  department  of  environmental conservation, shall evaluate the
  potential for developing a private clean-fueled vehicle industry in  the
  state  and  submit  recommendations from time to time to the legislature
  and the governor for attracting such  industry,  by  either  established
  motor vehicle producers or other companies, to the state.