NY State Assembly Bill 2013-A1694A

Assembly Bill A1694A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires N.Y. city to collect discarded recyclable materials at city parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other facilities

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 03, 2014	reported referred to ways and means
May 29, 2014	print number 1694a
May 29, 2014	amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
Jan 08, 2014	referred to environmental conservation
Jan 09, 2013	referred to environmental conservation

Bill Amendments

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A (Active)

2013-A1694 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3102
Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §27-0107, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1937
2011-2012: S1150
2015-2016: A4679, S1776
2017-2018: A3776, S3081
2019-2020: A4844, S4709
2021-2022: S5041
2023-2024: S6012

2013-A1694 - Summary

Requires local solid waste management plans for cities over one million to include a plan for litter control including provision for placement of an adequate number of receptacles for trash and recyclables in commercial and business zones and in public recreational areas.

2013-A1694 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1694

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  city law, in relation to requiring the
  collection of recyclable materials  at  parks,  playgrounds,  historic
  sites and other recreational facilities in cities with a population of
  one  million or more; and to amend the environmental conservation law,
  in relation to providing state assistance therefor to municipalities

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    The general city law is amended by adding a new section
20-h to read as follows:
  S 20-H. COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE  MATERIALS; CERTAIN CITIES. 1.  EVERY
CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF  ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL ESTABLISH AND
IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM FOR THE COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS THAT  ARE
DISCARDED  IN  CITY  PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, HISTORIC SITES AND OTHER RECRE-
ATIONAL FACILITIES. SUCH RECYCLABLE MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE
LIMITED  TO,  METAL,  PLASTIC, GLASS AND PAPER. IN EACH SUCH PARK, PLAY-
GROUND, HISTORIC SITE AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITY  SUCH  CITY  SHALL
INSTALL  BINS  FOR  THE  COLLECTION  OF  RECYCLABLE  MATERIALS. THE CITY
DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION SHALL REGULARLY COLLECT  AND  PROVIDE  FOR  THE
RECYCLING OF THE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS COLLECTED.
  2.  THE  CITY  SHALL POST SIGNS IN THOSE PORTIONS OF CITY PARKS, PLAY-
GROUNDS, HISTORIC SITES AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, WHICH DO  NOT
HAVE  TRASH  RECEPTACLES,  STATING  "PLEASE  TAKE ANY TRASH YOU GENERATE
WHILE UPON THIS FACILITY WITH YOU FOR DISPOSAL WHEN YOU  REACH  A  TRASH
RECEPTACLE."
  3.  EVERY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE WHICH ESTAB-
LISHES AND IMPLEMENTS A RECYCLABLES RECOVERY PROGRAM PURSUANT TO  SUBDI-
VISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR STATE ASSIST-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00535-01-3

A. 1694                             2

ANCE FOR  A  RECYCLING  PROJECT  PURSUANT  TO  TITLE  SEVEN  OF  ARTICLE
FIFTY-FOUR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
  S  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 54-0701 of the environmental conserva-
tion law, as amended by chapter 146 of the laws of 2000, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  3.  "Recyclables  recovery  program"  means  a program undertaken by a
municipality consistent with requirements of section one  hundred  twen-
ty-aa of the general municipal law AND/OR SECTION TWENTY-H OF THE GENER-
AL CITY LAW to provide for the environmentally sound recovery of recycl-
ables, primarily involving the collection, aggregation and processing of
recyclable  materials for their use as raw materials for new products or
for other useful purposes other than for energy recovery, through facil-
ities  planned,  designed  and  constructed  to   ensure   environmental
protection  and  to  maximize  the potential for recyclables recovery. A
recyclables recovery program also shall mean planning,  educational  and
promotional activities to increase public awareness of and participation
in  recycling. Such program shall have been approved by the commissioner
and undertaken consistent with any local  solid  waste  management  plan
pursuant to section 27-0107 of this chapter.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.

2013-A1694A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3102
Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §27-0107, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1937
2011-2012: S1150
2015-2016: A4679, S1776
2017-2018: A3776, S3081
2019-2020: A4844, S4709
2021-2022: S5041
2023-2024: S6012

2013-A1694A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-A1694A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 1694--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee on Envi-
  ronmental  Conservation  in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
  siting and presence  of  adequate  numbers  of  trash  receptacles  in
  commercial zones and recreational areas in cities with a population of
  one million or more

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section  27-0107  of  the
environmental  conservation  law,  as added by chapter 70 of the laws of
1988, is amended to read as follows:
  (b) The local solid waste management plan shall:
  (i) characterize the solid waste stream to be managed in the  planning
period;
  (ii)  assess  existing  and  alternate proposed solid waste management
programs and facilities;
  (iii) address to the maximum extent practicable the comments and views
expressed  by  concerned  governmental,  environmental,  commercial  and
industrial  interests  and the public on the waste reduction, recycling,
reuse and disposal alternatives;
  (iv) identify  the  parties  with  responsibility  to  implement  each
element of the plan and the steps which must be undertaken by each;
  (v) set forth a timetable for implementing the plan;
  (vi) describe the participation in the preparation of the plan of each
municipality which has chosen to participate in such preparation; [and]
  (vii)  describe  (A) measures undertaken by the municipalities partic-
ipating in the planning unit  to  secure  participation  of  neighboring

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD00535-02-4

A. 1694--A                          2

jurisdictions, (B) the limitations, if any, imposed by the proposed plan
on  solid  waste  management  alternatives available to such neighboring
jurisdictions, and (C) alternatives which would be available if a  local
solid  waste management plan including such jurisdictions were prepared.
Specific written suggestions  received  from  neighboring  jurisdictions
shall be summarized and reflected in the plan; AND
  (VIII)  IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, A PLAN FOR
THE CONTROL OF LITTER, INCLUDING  PROVISION  FOR  THE  PLACEMENT  OF  AN
ADEQUATE  NUMBER  OF  RECEPTACLES  FOR  TRASH AND RECYCLABLES LOCATED IN
COMMERCIAL AND  BUSINESS  DISTRICTS  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE  SANITATION
COMMISSIONER  OF SUCH CITY, AND PUBLIC RECREATIONAL AREAS SUCH AS PARKS,
ZOOS AND BOTANICAL GARDENS AS DETERMINED IN CONJUNCTION WITH  THE  PARKS
COMMISSIONER OF SUCH CITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner of
environmental conservation is authorized to promulgate any and all rules
and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement  this
act on its effective date on or before such date.

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