New York Assembly Bill A06811 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6811--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a program to provide reduced cost or no cost lithium-ion batteries used in powered mobility devices The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 144-b 2 to read as follows: 3 § 144-b. Lithium-ion battery safety program. 1. For purposes of this 4 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 a. "lithium-ion battery" means a storage battery in which an elec- 6 trical current is generated by lithium ions embedded in a carbon 7 graphite or nickel metal-oxide substrate placed in a high-viscosity 8 carbonate mixture or gelled polymer electrolyte; and 9 b. "powered mobility device" means a light electric-powered vehicle or 10 personal electric mobility device such as an electric bicycle or scoot- 11 er. 12 2. The department of state, in collaboration with the department of 13 environmental conservation and any other appropriate agency, shall 14 establish a program to provide new lithium-ion batteries at reduced cost 15 or no cost to eligible individuals, which may include provision of new 16 lithium-ion batteries in exchange for used lithium-ion batteries. The 17 department of state shall determine which individuals are eligible to 18 participate in such program, the criteria for provision and exchange of 19 lithium-ion batteries, and the amount of cost reduction for the lithi- 20 um-ion batteries provided. All new batteries provided pursuant to such 21 program shall be listed and labeled by a nationally recognized testing 22 laboratory. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 24 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10788-02-3