Permits and encourages state owned parking facilities to install solar canopies in any parking garage, open parking lot or other parking facility owned and/or operated by the state of New York, that offers parking spaces for the purposes of public use, state employee use or pay-per-usage constructed prior to January first, two thousand twenty-eight; requires such installation after January 1, 2028.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7656--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
September 18, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to installing solar cano-
pies in certain parking facilitates
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 201-b
2 to read as follows:
3 § 201-b. Parking facilities; solar canopies. 1. a. Any parking garage,
4 open parking lot or other parking facility owned and/or operated by the
5 state of New York, that offers parking spaces for the purposes of public
6 use, state employee use or pay-per-usage constructed prior to January
7 first, two thousand twenty-eight, is hereby permitted and encouraged to
8 install solar canopies in such facilities.
9 b. After January first, two thousand twenty-eight, any construction
10 project undertaken in this state by the state where the scope of such
11 project includes a parking garage, open parking lot or other parking
12 facility that offers parking spaces for the purposes of public use,
13 state employee use or pay-per-usage or includes a parking garage, open
14 parking lot or other parking facility constructed by a private entity
15 using state capital funding shall install solar canopies in such facili-
16 ties.
17 2. For the purposes of this section, "solar canopy" shall mean a
18 system designed to capture solar radiation for the purpose of producing
19 usable energy.
20 3. The office of general services shall be responsible for the instal-
21 lation of any solar canopies or associated equipment; provided, however,
22 if such parking facility is privately owned, such private owner shall be
23 responsible for such installation. If the office of general services is
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 unable to install such equipment, the state may contract with a licensed
2 electrician or similar service provider. Such contracted work shall
3 comply with the provisions of article eight of the labor law, including
4 the payment of a wage of not less than the prevailing wage in the local-
5 ity where such solar canopy is located.
6 4. The office of general services shall be responsible for the mainte-
7 nance, general upkeep, and repair of any solar canopy or associated
8 equipment installed by such office. If the office of general services is
9 unable to complete such maintenance or repairs, the state may contract
10 with a licensed electrician or similar repair service to complete the
11 necessary work on said equipment.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
