Senate Bill S1019A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Deposits for refillable beverage containers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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Bill Amendments

2013-S1019 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-1012, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6241
2011-2012: S703
2015-2016: S1647

2013-S1019 - Summary

Provides for deposits for refillable beverage containers; excludes refund values received for refillable beverage containers from being deposited into refund value accounts.

2013-S1019 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1019 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1019

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  deposits of refund values for refillable beverage containers

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of section  27-1012  of  the
environmental  conservation  law,  as  added  by section 8 of part SS of
chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, are amended and a new subdivision 5-a is
added to read as follows:
  1. Each deposit initiator shall deposit in a refund value  account  an
amount equal to the refund value initiated under section 27-1005 of this
title  which is received with respect to each beverage container sold by
such deposit initiator, EXCEPT FOR  THOSE  REFUND  VALUES  RECEIVED  FOR
REFILLABLE  BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.   Such deposit initiator shall hold the
amounts in the refund value account in trust for  the  state.  A  refund
value  account  shall  be  an  interest-bearing account established in a
banking institution located in this state, the  deposits  in  which  are
insured by an agency of the federal government. Deposits of such amounts
into  the  refund  value  account shall be made not less frequently than
every five business days. All interest, dividends and returns earned  on
the  refund  value account shall be paid directly into said account. The
monies in such accounts shall be kept separate and apart from all  other
monies  in  the possession of the deposit initiator. The commissioner of
taxation and finance may specify a system of accounts and records to  be
maintained with respect to accounts established under this subdivision.
  2.  Payments  of  refund  values  pursuant  to section 27-1007 of this
title, EXCEPT FOR PAYMENTS  OF  REFUND  VALUES  ON  REFILLABLE  BEVERAGE
CONTAINERS,  shall  be  paid  from each deposit initiator's refund value

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05005-01-3
              

2013-S1019A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-1012, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6241
2011-2012: S703
2015-2016: S1647

2013-S1019A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for deposits for refillable beverage containers; excludes refund values received for refillable beverage containers from being deposited into refund value accounts.

2013-S1019A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1019A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 1019--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
  -- recommitted to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  in
  accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  deposits of refund values for refillable beverage containers

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of section 27-1012 of the
environmental conservation law, subdivisions 1, 2, 3 and 4 as  added  by
section 8 of part SS of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009 and subdivision 5
as amended by section 6 of part F of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, are
amended and a new subdivision 5-a is added to read as follows:
  1.  Each  deposit initiator shall deposit in a refund value account an
amount equal to the refund value initiated under section 27-1005 of this
title which is received with respect to each beverage container sold  by
such  deposit  initiator,  EXCEPT  FOR  THOSE REFUND VALUES RECEIVED FOR
REFILLABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.  Such deposit initiator shall  hold  the
amounts  in  the  refund  value account in trust for the state. A refund
value account shall be an  interest-bearing  account  established  in  a
banking  institution  located  in  this state, the deposits in which are
insured by an agency of the federal government. Deposits of such amounts
into the refund value account shall be made  not  less  frequently  than
every  five business days. All interest, dividends and returns earned on
the refund value account shall be paid directly into said  account.  The
monies  in such accounts shall be kept separate and apart from all other
monies in the possession of the deposit initiator. The  commissioner  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05005-02-4
              

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