2020 -- S 2365 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF | |
ADMINISTRATION | |
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Introduced By: Senators Seveney, Coyne, DiPalma, Pearson, and Euer | |
Date Introduced: February 13, 2020 | |
Referred To: Senate Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 42-11-2.4 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-11 entitled |
2 | "Department of Administration" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 42-11-2.4. State Fleet Replacement Revolving Loan Fund. |
4 | (a) There is hereby created as a separate fund within the treasury to be known as the state |
5 | fleet replacement revolving loan fund which shall be administered by the general treasurer in |
6 | accordance with the same laws and fiscal procedures as the general funds of the state. This fund, |
7 | hereafter referred to as the "revolving loan fund", shall consist of such sums as the state may from |
8 | time to time appropriate, as well as money received from the disposal of used vehicles, loan, |
9 | interest and service charge payments from benefiting state agencies, as well as interest earnings, |
10 | money received from the federal government, gifts, bequests, donations, or otherwise from any |
11 | public or private source. |
12 | (b) This fund shall be used for the purpose of acquiring motor vehicles, both new and |
13 | used, and vehicle-related equipment and attachments for state departments and agencies. |
14 | (c) The proceeds from the repayment of any loans made for the purposes authorized |
15 | under this chapter shall be deposited in and returned to the revolving loan fund in order to |
16 | constitute a continuing revolving fund for the purposes listed above. |
17 | (d) The office of state fleet operations of the Rhode Island department of administration |
18 | shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with the purposes of this chapter and chapter 35 of |
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1 | title 42, in order to provide for the orderly and equitable disbursement and repayment of funds |
2 | from the revolving loan fund. |
3 | (e) Provided; however, a total of four million two hundred thousand dollars ($4,200,000) |
4 | shall be made available as a direct grant from the revolving loan fund for the required twenty |
5 | percent (20%) match for the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority to obtain federal funds to |
6 | purchase buses through FY 2017. Any such sums need not be repaid to the revolving loan fund. |
7 | (f) As used in this section: |
8 | (1) “Light duty vehicle” means vehicles less than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs) as |
9 | defined by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. |
10 | (2) “Non-emergency vehicle” means a vehicle not designated or authorized to respond to |
11 | emergency situations involving law enforcement. |
12 | (3) “Zero emission vehicle” means a battery electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric |
13 | vehicle, or a fuel cell vehicle. |
14 | (g) Beginning in fiscal year 2021, the department of administration shall purchase or |
15 | lease the following percentage of all new light duty, non-emergency vehicles as zero emission |
16 | vehicles in each fiscal year: |
17 | (1) Fifteen percent (15%) in fiscal year 2021; |
18 | (2) Twenty percent (20%) in fiscal year 2022; |
19 | (3) Twenty five percent (25%) in fiscal year 2023; |
20 | (4) Thirty percent (30%) in fiscal year 2024; |
21 | (5) Thirty five percent (35%) in fiscal year 2025; |
22 | (6) Forty percent (40%) in fiscal year 2026; |
23 | (7) Forty five percent (45%) in fiscal year 2027; and |
24 | (8) Fifty percent (50%) in fiscal year 2028. |
25 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF | |
ADMINISTRATION | |
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1 | This act would define light duty, non-emergency and zero emission vehicles and would |
2 | require the state to convert its fleet of vehicles to no less than fifty percent (50%) of vehicles in |
3 | those categories by the year 2028. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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