New York Senate Bill S06809 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6809--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing a lithium-ion battery safety program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1854 of the public authorities law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 27 to read as follows: 3 27. Lithium-ion battery safety program. (a) For purposes of this 4 subdivision, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 (i) "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. 9 (ii) "powered mobility device" means a bicycle with electric assist as 10 defined by section one hundred two-c of the vehicle and traffic law, an 11 electric scooter as defined by section one hundred fourteen-e of the 12 vehicle and traffic law, or a limited use motorcycle as defined by 13 section one hundred twenty-one-b of the vehicle and traffic law, which 14 is powered wholly or partially by an electric motor. 15 (b) No later than one year after the effective date of this subdivi- 16 sion, the authority, in collaboration with the department of environ- 17 mental conservation and any other appropriate agency, shall develop and 18 administer a program to provide rebates or new lithium-ion batteries for 19 powered mobility devices at reduced cost or no cost to eligible individ- 20 uals. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10788-05-4 
 S. 6809--A 2 1 (c) The program created pursuant to this subdivision shall include 2 either rebates or the exchange of new lithium-ion batteries for used 3 lithium-ion batteries. 4 (d) Within one year of the effective date of this subdivision, the 5 authority shall implement and administer this subdivision including 6 promulgating rules relating to the forms required to claim a rebate or 7 exchange a lithium-ion battery, the required documentation for estab- 8 lishing eligibility, procedures and guidelines for claiming a rebate or 9 exchanging a lithium-ion battery, and the collection of economic impact 10 data from applicants and any other requirements the authority deems 11 necessary. 12 (e) All new batteries provided pursuant to such program shall be 13 certified by a testing and certification body recognized and approved by 14 the United States department of labor, occupational safety and health 15 administration. 16 (f) No later than April first, two thousand twenty-five, and annually 17 thereafter, the authority shall issue a report to the governor, the 18 temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly 19 detailing the status of the program created under this subdivision. Such 20 report shall at a minimum include: 21 (i) the amount of funding dedicated by the authority for such program 22 in the preceding year; 23 (ii) the number of rebates awarded; 24 (iii) the number of exchanges provided; 25 (iv) the amount and geographic distribution of rebates; and 26 (v) any other information the authority deems necessary. 27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.