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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6263
January Session, 2025
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE AND PURCHASE OF GAS -
POWERED HAND -HELD OR BACKPACK LEAF BLOWERS BY STATE
AGENCIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) On and after September 1
1, 2027, the Departments of Administrative Services, Energy and 2
Environmental Protection and Transportation shall, within available 3
appropriations, purchase, lease or acquire electric hand-held or push 4
lawn mowers, leaf blowers and lawn trimmers for state agencies for 5
landscaping services on state-owned property if: (1) Such machinery is 6
functionally equivalent to any such gas-powered machinery, and (2) the 7
useful life of similar gas-powered machinery owned, leased or acquired 8
by such agencies has expired. 9
(b) On and after September 1, 2029, the Departments of 10
Administrative Services, Energy and Environmental Protection and 11
Transportation shall, within available appropriations, prepare bidding 12
documents for contractors who seek to perform maintenance or 13
landscaping work on state properties in order to require bidders to use 14
electric hand-held or push lawn mowers, leaf blowers and lawn 15
trimmers in performing such work if such machinery is functionally 16
equivalent to any such gas-powered machinery. 17 Substitute Bill No. 6263
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(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 18
said commissioners may make an exception to such purchase, lease and 19
acquisition requirements if fiscal resources or agency operations depend 20
on the utilization of specific equipment, including, but not limited to, 21
the following operations: (1) Abating or preventing damage during a 22
declared emergency or for equipment used by first responders to 23
provide emergency services, (2) conducting fire hazard reduction and 24
post-fire recovery activities, (3) managing riparian, forest or grassland 25
areas, or (4) maintaining public safety. 26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
ENV Joint Favorable Subst.