2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10 - Office of General Services › 201-A - State Clean-Fueled Vehicle Program.

§ 201-a. State clean-fueled vehicle program. 1. There shall be created
  within  the  office  of general services a clean-fueled vehicle program,
  with the purpose of acquiring clean-fueled vehicles for  state  use  and
  testing and evaluating clean-fueled vehicle technologies.
2.  For  the purposes of this section, the term "clean-fueled vehicle"
  shall  mean  any  motor  vehicle  as  defined  in  section  one  hundred
  twenty-five  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law, that uses electricity,
  either stored or generated on-board, as its primary motive force or that
  is fueled by compressed natural  gas,  propane,  methanol,  hydrogen  or
  ethanol.
3.  The  office of general services, in coordination with the New York
  state energy research and development authority, and the  department  of
  environmental  conservation, shall be responsible for developing a state
  clean-fueled  vehicle  strategy  which  shall  determine  how  best   to
  incorporate  clean-fueled  vehicles  into the state fleet. In developing
  the strategy, the office of general services shall consider such factors
  as: the duty to be performed by the vehicle, the terrain and climate  of
  the  area  of  the  state  in which the vehicle is to be used, and other
  factors the office of general services, in  coordination  with  the  New
  York  state energy research and development authority and the department
  of environmental conservation, deem relevant.
4. The office of general services, in coordination with the  New  York
  state energy research and development authority, the department of motor
  vehicles and the department of environmental conservation, shall issue a
  report  to  the  governor  and the legislature on or before April first,
  nineteen hundred ninety-seven setting forth the state's strategy for the
  acquisition and utilization of clean-fueled vehicles  and  shall  update
  such strategy periodically.
5.  Such  report  shall  include,  at  a minimum, a description of the
  state's strategies to promote the use of clean-fueled  vehicles  by  the
  general  public  and  in the state fleet. Such strategies shall include:
  necessary  amendments  of  state  procurement  policies  to  allow   and
  encourage  acquisition  of  clean-fueled vehicles, development of policy
  recommendations to establish incentives for acquisition of  clean-fueled
  vehicles  for  use by individuals and private fleets, expeditious review
  of policies  and  procedures  identified  as  barriers  to  clean-fueled
  vehicle  introduction,  and  revision of such policies and procedures as
  appropriate. The  report  shall  also  assess  existing  infrastructure,
  determine   what   changes   are  necessary  to  support  a  sustainable
  clean-fueled vehicles market and recommend how best to  implement  those
  changes.  The  report  shall assess factors including but not limited to
  the following: the availability and viability of existing or  developing
  technology, sufficient public recharging/refueling capability, standards
  for  recharging/refueling  technologies,  utility power quality, vehicle
  registration  considerations,  public  outreach  and  safety   training,
  battery  recycling  capability,  insurance and liability considerations,
  and clean-fueled vehicle acquisition incentives. The report  shall  also
  determine  the  number of clean-fueled vehicles for immediate use in the
  state fleet that can be supported by existing infrastructure.
6. Immediately after submission of the report defined  in  subdivision
  five  of  this  section,  the  office  of general services shall begin a
  project to implement the recommendations and strategies of such report.
7. The office of general services shall develop  a  specific  plan  to
  procure  and  install  necessary  infrastructure for a sustainable state
  clean-fueled vehicle fleet, including a time frame for such  procurement
  and  installation.  In  developing  such  plan,  the  office  of general
  services shall consider to the greatest extent possible any steps  which
  will  encourage  the utilization of clean-fueled vehicles by the private

  sector. The office of general services shall either begin to acquire and
  install necessary infrastructure or issue  requests  for  proposals  for
  such procurement and installation, no later than January first, nineteen
  hundred   ninety-eight,   provided   however,  that  no  acquisition  of
  clean-fueled vehicles, or  installation  of  associated  infrastructure,
  from  the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to the Clean Water/Clean Air
  Bond Act of 1996, shall occur prior to  April  first,  nineteen  hundred
  ninety-seven.
8.  The  office  of general services shall develop a specific plan for
  the procurement of clean-fueled vehicles for use  in  the  state  fleet.
  Procurement  of clean-fueled vehicles and utilization in the state fleet
  using proceeds of bonds sold pursuant to the Clean Water/Clean Air  Bond
  Act  of  1996 shall begin as soon as possible after the issuance of, and
  in accordance with, the report  defined  in  subdivision  five  of  this
  section.
9. The office of general services, department of economic development,
  and  the  department  of  environmental conservation, shall evaluate the
  potential for developing a private clean-fueled vehicle industry in  the
  state  and  submit  recommendations from time to time to the legislature
  and the governor for attracting such  industry,  by  either  established
  motor vehicle producers or other companies, to the state.