The New York City Council - File #: Int 0455-2018

• File #: Int 0455-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Use of all-electric school buses in school bus contracts.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 2/14/2018
• In control: Committee on Environmental Protection
• On agenda: 2/14/2018
• Final action: 11/7/2021
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the use of all-electric school buses in school bus contracts
• Sponsors: Daniel Dromm , Helen K. Rosenthal, Justin L. Brannan, Mark Levine, Carlina Rivera , Margaret S. Chin, Mark Treyger, Deborah L. Rose, Carlos Menchaca, Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., Keith Powers , Robert F. Holden, Diana I. Ayala, Peter A. Koo, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Fernando Cabrera , Barry S. Grodenchik, James G. Van Bramer, Ben Kallos, Vanessa L. Gibson, Antonio Reynoso, Francisco P. Moya, Bill Perkins, Brad S. Lander, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Mathieu Eugene, Adrienne E. Adams, Stephen T. Levin, I. Daneek Miller, Mark Gjonaj , Alan N. Maisel, Inez D. Barron, Laurie A. Cumbo, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Karen Koslowitz, Farah N. Louis, James F. Gennaro, Kevin C. Riley, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Eric Dinowitz, Darma V. Diaz, Paul A. Vallone, Eric A. Ulrich
• Indexes: Oversight, Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/8/2021	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
11/7/2021	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
10/7/2021	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
10/7/2021	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
10/7/2021	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
10/7/2021	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
10/7/2021	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/7/2021	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/7/2021	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Amended by Committee
10/7/2021	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Amended by Committee
10/7/2021	A	Committee on Environmental Protection	Approved by Committee	Pass
12/17/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
12/17/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
12/17/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Laid Over by Committee
12/17/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Laid Over by Committee
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 455-A

By Council Members Dromm, Rosenthal, Brannan, Levine, Rivera, Chin, Treyger, Rose, Menchaca, Cornegy, Powers, Holden, Ayala, Koo, the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams), Rodriguez, Cabrera, Grodenchik, Van Bramer, Kallos, Gibson, Reynoso, Moya, Perkins, Lander, Ampry-Samuel, Eugene, Adams, Levin, Miller, Gjonaj, Maisel, Barron, Cumbo, Salamanca, Koslowitz, Louis, Gennaro, Riley, Brooks-Powers, Dinowitz, D. Diaz, Vallone and Ulrich

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the use of all-electric school buses in school bus contracts
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. The heading of section 24-163.9 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 28 for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows:
? 24-163.9 Retrofitting, age limitations [and], fuel use of diesel-powered school buses and use of all-electric zero emission school buses.
? 2. Subdivision e of section 24-163.9 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 38 for the year 2015, is amended to read as follows:
e. School buses shall be replaced pursuant to subdivision d of this section with (1) a school bus meeting the most recent diesel engine emissions standards issued by the United States environmental protection agency, or (2) an all-electric, gasoline-powered, compressed natural gas, or hybrid school bus, as long as the particulate matter emissions of such school bus do not exceed emission levels permitted in the most recent diesel engine emissions standards issued by the United States environmental protection agency, provided that by September 1, 2035 such school buses shall be replaced with all-electric zero emission school buses, such that all school buses in use by that date shall be all-electric zero emission school buses, subject to the commercial availability and reliability of all-electric zero emission school b...