A08429 Summary:
| BILL NO | A08429 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS UNI. S06599 |
| SPONSOR | Englebright |
| COSPNSR | Lifton, Fahy, Ortiz, Cahill, Walker, Carroll, Rosenthal L, Thiele, Jaffee, Simon, Otis, Dinowitz, Williams, Rozic, Abinanti, Mosley, Barrett, Steck, Galef, Gottfried, Lupardo, Pheffer Amato, De La Rosa, Jean-Pierre, Colton, Cusick, Peoples-Stokes, Seawright, Pichardo, Weprin, Simotas, Glick, Fernandez, D'Urso, O'Donnell, Griffin, Reyes, Burke, Solages, Romeo, Stirpe, Magnarelli, Epstein, Taylor, Fall, Cruz, Stern, Santabarbara, Bronson, Barnwell, Davila, Hevesi, Niou, Hunter, Miller MG, Benedetto, Rodriguez, Quart, Wright, Hyndman, Crespo, Frontus, Ryan, Sayegh, Barron, Pretlow, Gunther, Richardson, Darling, Kim, McMahon, Dickens, Jacobson, Weinstein, Paulin, Zebrowski, Braunstein, Buchwald, Wallace, Blake, Perry, Buttenschon |
| MLTSPNSR | DenDekker, Lentol, Nolan, Ramos |
| Add Art 75 §§75-0101 - 75-0119, amd §54-1523, En Con L; add §66-p, Pub Serv L; add §§17-a & 17-b, Chap 355 of 2014 | |
| Enacts the New York state climate leadership and community protection act; relates to climate change; renewable energy program; labor and job standards and worker protection. | |
A08429 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, the public service law, the public authorities law, the labor law and the community risk and resiliency act, in relation to establishing the New York state climate leadership and community protection act PURPOSE OF THE BILL: To establish the New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act to adopt measures to put the state on a path to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by eighty-five percent by two thou- sand fifty and net zero emissions in all sectors of the economy. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill would state the legislative findings and declara- tion. Sections 2 and 3 of the bill would modify the Environmental Conservation Law to establish the New York state climate action council, and green- house gas emissions limits and reporting requirements, and provisions to address potential impacts on disadvantaged communities. Section 4 of the bill would amend the Public Service Law to establish a renewable energy program designed to achieve a minimum of 70 percent of statewide electric generation be secured by renewable energy systems by 2030 and zero emissions from the statewide electrical demand system in 2040. Section 5 would address prevailing wage and section 6 requires a report on barriers to clean energy projects in disadvantaged communities. Sections 7 through 12 would provide for additional authority for state agencies to promulgate greenhouse gas regulations and require the Department of Environmental Conservation to consider climate change in permitting decisions. Section 13 would provide for severability. Section 14 would provide the bill's effective date. JUSTIFICATION: The bill will put the state on a path to net zero emissions in all sectors of the economy and will enact the most aggressive emissions targets in the country, requiring one hundred percent carbon free elec- tricity by the year 2040. While the federal government ignores the real- ity of climate change, New York is leading the way to protect our commu- nities, our economy and our state. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined. EFFECTIVE DATE: The bill would take effect on the same date as a chapter of the law of 2019 relating to a permanent environmental justice advisory group as proposed except that the community air monitoring program required by section 2 of the act shall take effect on October 1, 2022.