{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-authorities-law-1886","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1886","heading":"Electric landscaping equipment rebate program","body":"* § 1886. Electric landscaping equipment rebate program. 1. There is\nhereby created within the authority an electric landscaping equipment\nrebate program. The purpose of the program is to reduce greenhouse gas\nemissions, improve air quality, and reduce noise pollution by promoting\nthe adoption of quieter, zero-emission landscaping equipment.\n  2. As used in this section:\n  (a) \"Commercial landscaping business\" shall mean a\nsole-proprietorship, firm, limited liability company, partnership,\ncorporation or other business entity whose primary concern involves the\ncare and maintenance of yards, gardens, or other outdoor landscapes for\nclients, including, but not limited to, lawn care, gardening, and the\nremoval or pruning of trees or shrubs.\n  (b) \"Institutional or commercial applicant\" shall mean a commercial\nlandscaping business, or a state agency, state authority, local\nauthority, town, county, village, school district, private school,\nuniversity, not-for-profit corporation, or other nonprofit organization.\n  (c) \"Eligible lawn care device\" shall mean a battery-powered electric\nlawn care device that is new, has not been used or previously owned, and\nis purchased or leased from a storefront or online retailer. Eligible\nlawn care device shall not include corded electric equipment, reel\nmowers, or tractors used to pull other lawn care devices.\n  (d) \"Lawn care device\" shall mean any device powered mechanically,\nwhich is intended to be used or is actually used for the mowing of\ngrass, the cutting or chipping of trees, tree roots or tree branches,\nthe clearing of snow and ice, the clearing of leaves or other vegetation\nfrom lawns, sidewalks, public streets or public highways, and shall\ninclude, but not be limited to, such devices as walking and riding lawn\nmowers and lawn mower attachments, lawn edgers and trimmers, hedge\ntrimmers, leaf blowers, leaf vacuums, mulchers, chippers, chainsaws,\npole saws, augers, cultivators and tillers, snow blowers, and snow\nshovels, as well as batteries, chargers, and power management equipment\nfor such devices.\n  (e) \"Local authority\" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision\ntwo of section two of this chapter.\n  (f) \"State agency\" shall mean all state departments, boards,\ncommissions, offices or institutions.\n  (g) \"State authority\" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision\none of section two of this chapter.\n  3. The authority shall create a program, within existing\nappropriations, to award rebates at the point of sale to institutional\nor commercial applicants for eligible lawn care devices in amounts\ndetermined by the authority.\n  4. The authority shall determine the rebate eligibility of each\napplicant in accordance with the requirements of this section and rules\npromulgated by the authority. The total amount of rebates allocated to\ncertified applicants in each fiscal year shall not exceed the amount of\nfunds available for the program in such fiscal year. Rebates shall be\nallocated to applicants on a first-come, first-served basis, determined\nby the date the application is received, until all appropriated funds\nfor the fiscal year are expended or the program ends, whichever comes\nfirst. The authority shall have authority to reduce eligible lawn care\ndevice rebate amounts if the authority determines that funds would\notherwise be exhausted prior to the end of a fiscal year.\n  5. The authority shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement\nand administer the provisions of this section no later than two hundred\nseventy days after the effective date of this section, including rules\nand regulations relating to the types of equipment covered under this\nsection and rebate amounts for each equipment type, the forms required\nto claim a rebate, the required documentation and basis for establishing\neligibility for a rebate, procedures and guidelines for claiming a\nrebate, the collection of economic impact data from applicants, and any\nother requirements the authority deems necessary. In the course of\ndeveloping such rules and regulations, the authority shall consult with\nrelevant stakeholders, including commercial landscaping businesses and\nretailers selling eligible lawn care devices. The authority shall\nconduct education and outreach, with informational materials made\navailable in at least English and the three most common non-English\nlanguages spoken by individuals with limited-English proficiency in the\nstate of New York, based on United States census data, as necessary to\ninform potential applicants and manufacturers and retailers of eligible\nlawn care devices about the electric landscaping equipment rebate\nprogram.\n  6. The authority shall determine and publish on its website on an\nongoing basis the amount of available funding for rebates remaining in\neach fiscal year.\n  7. No later than two years after the effective date of this section,\nand annually thereafter on the first of January, the authority shall\nissue a report to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of\nthe assembly, the chair of the senate committee on energy and\ntelecommunications and the chair of the assembly committee on energy\ndetailing the status of the electric landscaping equipment rebate\nprogram. Such report shall include:\n  (a) the amount of funding dedicated by the authority for the program\nin the preceding year;\n  (b) the amount of eligible purchases for which a rebate was awarded;\n  (c) the amount and geographic distribution of rebates; and\n  (d) any other information the authority deems necessary.\n  * NB Repealed January 1, 2036","path":["Public Authorities Law","Article 8. Miscellaneous Authorities","Title 9. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBA/1886","current_through":"2026-10-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-31T05:51:45Z","sha256":"8b950a154b19b0bf1f6d5e0f1790e6b0b03dd12f913337fcccd9a8be54b2d267","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-authorities-law-1885","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-authorities-law-1890"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}