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- Print number 4870a
- Amend and recommit to education
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
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Enacts the "cleaner fuels school bus act" requiring school bus owners to replace or retrofit buses to use biodiesel fuel blends
In Senate Committee · Education · Sponsor Carl L. Marcellino
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BILL NUMBER:A4870A
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to required use of biodiesel fuel blends in school buses
Purpose or general idea of bill
Enacts the "Cleaner fuels school bus act" requiring school bus owners to replace or retrofit buses to use cleaner alternatives to diesel fuel.
Summary of provisions
Section 1- legislative intent Section 2- names the act
Section 3- adds a new subdivision (3) to section 3623 of the education law
Section 4- Contains the effective date
Justification
School buses operating on diesel fuels transport millions of New York children daily. Children's bodies are uniquely susceptible to toxins. Studies have shown that diesel fumes contain particulate matter which can trigger asthma attacks and other respir- atory ailments in children and that levels of diesel fumes are up to four times greater inside a bus than ambient levels.
Diesel exhaust is classified as a probable human carcinogen by many government authorities including the state attorney general. In addi- tion, dark particles from diesel fuel have been found embedded in glacial ice contributing to rapid melting of polar ice.
It is in the interest of the citizens of this state to reduce the use of diesel fuels by the many school buses used to transport children in this state and increase the use of alternative low emission fuels.
Prior legislative history
05/24/06 referred to education 03/20/07 referred to education 01/09/08 referred to education
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.
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