Int. No. 455
By Council Members Dromm, Espinal, Rosenthal, Constantinides, Brannan, Levine, Rivera, Chin, Treyger and Richards
Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to age limitations on school buses and replacing such school buses with all electric school buses
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (1) of subdivision d 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:
(1) No diesel fuel-powered school bus of the designation "Type A bus" or "Type B bus," as set forth in subdivisions x and y of section 720.1 of title seventeen of New York codes, rules and regulations, with an engine model year of 2007 or later or that is utilizing a closed crankcase ventilation system pursuant to subdivision c of this section and no diesel fuel-powered school bus of the designation "Type C bus" or "Type D bus," as set forth in subdivisions z and aa of section 720.1 of title seventeen of New York codes, rules and regulations, shall be used to fulfill any school bus contract beyond the end of the [sixteenth] tenth year from the date of manufacture, as noted on the vehicle registration, or the end of the school year in which that date falls, whichever is later.
? 2. Subdivision d 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 by adding a new paragraph (3) to read as follows:
(3) Except for any all-electric zero emission school bus, no non-diesel fuel-powered school bus shall be used to fulfill any school bus contract beyond the end of the tenth year from the date of manufacture, as noted on the vehicle registration, or the end of the school year in which that date falls, whichever is later.
? 3. Subdivision e of section 24-163.9 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amend...
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