A 9118: Creates an electric school bus infrastructure investment pilot program.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9118 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY September 26, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. P. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to creating an electric school bus infrastructure investment pilot program; and making an appropriation relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The economic development law is amended by adding a new 2 article 6-B to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 6-B 4 ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS INFRASTRUCTURE 5 INVESTMENT PILOT PROGRAM 6 Section 189-aa. Electric school bus infrastructure investment pilot 7 program. 8 189-bb. Rules and regulations. 9 § 189-aa. Electric school bus infrastructure investment pilot program. 10 (a) The department is authorized and directed to administer an electric 11 school bus infrastructure investment pilot program. Awards for such 12 program shall be decided through the existing regional economic develop- 13 ment council process, with two school districts within each economic 14 development region being awarded grants on a competitive basis each 15 year. Such grant money may be used to offset the cost of planning and 16 building the clean energy micro-grids needed to effectuate the conver- 17 sion to electric buses, including, but not limited to, expenses such as 18 engineering, land use, and other studies as may be necessary, as well as 19 for other purposes deemed feasible and advisable by the department. Such 20 micro-grid systems shall allow for the clean energy production of charg- 21 ing infrastructure, by producing reduced long term operating expenses, 22 and reliable power generation to meet the state's goals and mandates in 23 this area. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09608-02-5 
 A. 9118 2 1 (b) The New York energy research and development authority shall 2 contribute twenty million dollars' worth of its own resources, from 3 funds collected from ratepayers for the purpose of supporting clean 4 energy programs, reducing emissions and fighting climate change, for the 5 purposes of carrying out the provisions of this article. 6 § 189-bb. Rules and regulations. The authority, in consultation and 7 cooperation with the New York energy research and development authority, 8 is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate such rules and regu- 9 lations as it deems necessary to fulfill the purposes of this article. 10 Such rules and regulations shall be promulgated on or before June 11 fifteenth, two thousand twenty-six. 12 § 2. The sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000), or so much ther- 13 eof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the department of 14 economic development out of any moneys in the state treasury in the 15 general fund, not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately avail- 16 able, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. Such 17 moneys shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on 18 vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner of economic develop- 19 ment in the manner prescribed by law. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026 and shall expire and be 21 deemed repealed April 1, 2031. Effective immediately, the addition, 22 amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the 23 implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be 24 made and completed on or before such effective date.