Provides for the issuance of certificates of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble zero-emissions vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in New York if the sale of zero-emission vehicles in the state fail to meet certain targets.
Establishes a computerized database containing information relating to the storage and handling of hazardous substances and emergency responses to the release of hazardous substances.
Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to establish a ride clean rebate program for electric assist bicycles and electric scooters; defines terms; provides a fifty percent rebate for eligible purchases.
Expands the solar energy system equipment tax credit to cover solar energy system equipment installed in a community solar array; defines "community solar array" to mean a location other than a person's principal residence where solar energy system equipment is owned and installed for use in such person's principal residence.
This bill establishes an extended producer responsibility program for mattresses, requiring manufacturers and importers to manage the disposal and recycling of their products. Producers must submit a detailed plan to the state department outlining how they will collect discarded mattresses, with specific goals to ensure collection sites are accessible to the majority of residents within a few years. The program defines recycling as separating materials for reuse while excluding incineration, chemical conversion, or landfill disposal. Retailers and consumers are also involved, with retailers responsible for facilitating the return of old mattresses and consumers able to discard them at designated collection sites. The legislation creates an advisory board to oversee the program and sets up enforcement measures and penalties for non-compliance.
Requires railroad corporations to inform the division of homeland security and emergency services, department of environmental conservation and department of transportation about freight rail trains transporting hazardous materials prior to traveling on tracks within the state.
This bill allows towns in counties with fewer than 55,000 residents - provided they already have an approved agricultural protection plan - to pause the annexation of agricultural land larger than 200 acres for industrial development for up to one year. The moratorium gives these localities time to update their agricultural protection plans. It directly affects small-town governments in counties with existing farmland protection strategies and landowners with large agricultural parcels. The provision applies only to land designated for industrial use, not other developments.
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Adds spirit-based ready-to-drink cocktails to the definition of beverage; includes ready-to-drink cocktail containers in the state bottle deposit incentive program.
This bill establishes a new permit requirement for "memorial lands facilities," which are areas primarily used for the respectful disposition of cremated and naturally organically reduced human remains. Operators of these facilities must be not-for-profit corporations and obtain a permit from the cemetery board. To receive a permit, they must file an operation plan that includes evidence of a perpetual conservation easement or that the lands are cemetery lands, and commit to not constructing crematories or columbariums on the site. The bill ensures these facilities conform to local zoning and are subject to regulatory oversight by the cemetery board.
This bill allows attendees at professional or collegiate sports events to bring certain reusable beverage containers (aluminum or stainless steel bottles/cups) into sports venues. Venues cannot ban these containers but may require them to be empty, without caps, or holding no more than 24 ounces. Sports venues violating the law face civil penalties of up to $500 for a first offense and $750 for subsequent violations. The bill directly affects sports venues and event attendees by changing container policies at games.
