N.Y. Energy Law § 5-108: Purchase of passenger automobiles

§ 5-108. Purchase of passenger automobiles. a. The commissioner, in

consultation with the commissioner of the office of general services,

shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall require, at a

minimum, that all passenger automobiles purchased by or for the state or

any agency or public authority thereof, of which a majority of the

members are appointed by the governor, in any fiscal year which

commences on or after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-one, achieve

an average fuel economy not less than the applicable average fuel

economy standard established pursuant to the provisions of this section

for the model year which includes January first of such fiscal year.

b. The commissioner, in consultation with the office of general

services, shall be further authorized to establish minimum fuel economy

standards for different classes of passenger automobiles, as

appropriate, which shall be applicable to such vehicles purchased by or

for the state or any agency or public authority thereof subject to the

requirements of subdivision a of this section.

c. As used in this section:

(1) The term "passenger automobile" means any four wheeled vehicle

propelled by fuel which is manufactured for use on public streets, roads

and highways, which is rated at six thousand pounds gross vehicle weight

or less, and which the commissioner determines by rule is manufactured

primarily for use in the transportation of not more than ten

individuals.

(2) The term "passenger automobile" shall not include police, fire, or

other emergency vehicles, as defined by the commissioner, or snow

removal, salt-spreader, and garbage disposal vehicles, or any vehicles

which the commissioner determines, by regulation, should be excluded

from being defined as "passenger vehicles".

(3) The term "average fuel economy" means the total number of

passenger automobiles acquired in a fiscal year to which this section

applies divided by a sum of terms, each term of which is a fraction

created by dividing (i) the number of passenger automobiles so acquired

of a given model type, by (ii) the rated fuel economy of such model type

as determined and published by the federal agency with jurisdiction over

the determination and publication of such fuel economy ratings during

that fiscal year.

(4) The term "average fuel economy standard" means the average miles

per gallon to be achieved in the operation of passenger automobiles

manufactured in a particular model year and shall be as follows:

Model year Fuel economy standard

(miles per gallon)

1981 ................................................... 22.0

1982 ................................................... 24.0

1983 ................................................... 26.0

1984 ................................................... 27.0

1985 ................................................... 27.5

1991 and thereafter .................................... 29.0