N.Y. General Business Law § 199-o: Independent range estimate required

§ 199-o. Independent range estimate required. (a) Any entity that

sells a zero-emission school bus to a school district or contractor for

use in providing transportation services to a school district located

within the state of New York shall be required to provide an independent

third-party range estimate to prospective purchasers prior to such a

sale. Such range estimate must, at a minimum, provide the estimated

range on different terrain and different weather conditions. The range

estimate shall also include the average level of battery degradation per

ten thousand miles traveled. The range estimate shall also consider

whether the bus is stored outside or utilizes an indoor garage. For the

purposes of this section "zero-emission school bus" shall have the same

meaning as in subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred thirty-eight

of the education law.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to impact sales

completed prior to January first, two thousand twenty-six, provided

however that if the entity selling such zero-emission school buses later

receives a range estimate for the model or models sold prior to January

first, two thousand twenty-six, the selling entity shall provide such

range estimate to the purchasing school district or contractor.