Relates to requiring the department of transportation to prepare a plan for every public transportation system to be eligible to receive operating assistance in the purchase of new zero-emission buses or vehicles.
Authorizes and directs the energy research and development authority, the public service commission and NYPA to conduct a study to determine the possibility of closing certain peaker plants.
This bill prohibits the sale or introduction of live genetically modified (GM) salmon in New York. It directly affects businesses selling salmon and aquaculture operations, banning sales of live GM salmon defined as fish altered using modern genetic engineering techniques (like lab-created DNA changes or cell fusion beyond natural breeding). The law also explicitly prevents the release of GM salmon into farm ponds without state department approval. The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Prohibits the governing board of a municipal corporation from adopting any law, ordinance, regulation or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of a utility service to a customer based upon the type or source of energy to be delivered to the customer.
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Provides an asbestos remediation tax credit; allows for a twenty percent credit of all eligible costs which are incurred as a result of asbestos remediation, not to exceed $1,000,000.
This bill creates a dedicated "state fish and game trust account" within the conservation fund to hold money from lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license sales (excluding funds going to a separate habitat account). It directs the state comptroller to invest these funds in safe financial products to maximize income while following existing investment rules. The interest earned from these investments stays in the trust account for its intended purposes, such as wildlife conservation and access programs. The bill does not change how license fees are collected or their primary uses, only clarifying the investment process for this specific fund.
Relates to the availability of technical assistance grants in brownfield site remedial programs; provides that the commissioner of environmental conservation shall provide grants to the New York city community board with jurisdiction over the site or to any not-for-profit corporation exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code at any site which may be affected by a brownfield site remedial program.
Prohibits an airport operator or aviation retail establishment from selling, distributing, or otherwise making available leaded aviation gasoline to consumers on or after January first, two thousand thirty-one.
This bill creates a state fund to reimburse property owners and septic system installers for "enhanced septic system projects" in New York. An enhanced system is defined as one that reduces nitrogen in wastewater to 19 mg/l or significantly lowers environmental/public health risks from pollutants like phosphorus or PFAS. Property owners can receive up to 75% of costs (capped at $25,000 per property) for these systems, compared to 50% (capped at $10,000) for standard systems. The program applies to projects with a county participation agreement signed on or after the bill's effective date.
Enacts the "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act" to require companies selling, offering for sale, or distributing packaging materials and products to register with a packaging reduction organization to develop a packaging reduction and recycling plan; makes related provisions.
