S1591B-2011 Actions

• Jan 24, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 1591B
• Jan 24, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
• Jan 13, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 1591A
• Jan 13, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO EDUCATION
• Jan 10, 2011: REFERRED TO EDUCATION

S1591B-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1591

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
purchase of certain items as scrap

PURPOSE: To prohibit the sale or purchase of certain
items as scrap by
creating a scrap processor registration system.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 creates
certain definitions
for this act.

Section 2. Talks about a registration for scrap processors in New
York. This section lays out specific requirements that a scrap
processor must meet in order to qualify for a scrap processor
registration while delineating out the application Process.

Section 3 lays out specifics related to scrap processing facilities,
including the need for an electronic video recording system at all
scales and al all points of sale locations.

Section 4 Prohibits the sale of certain items as scrap and allows for
preemption of local laws outside of NYC.

Section 5 Allows for penalties for violations of this article.

Section 6 is the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
Scrap theft is a very real and ever growing crime
certain items should not be sold as scrap as they are only attainable
through illegal means. This legislation clarifies what some of these
items are and increases penalties to a level more reflective of the
crime. It is crucially important to deter individuals from partaking
in this illegal activity, and one of the most effective ways is by
creating a significant punitive disincentive to partake in these
activities.

By creating a registration process with enhanced safeguards we are
taking a step in the prevention of this crime.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: S. 6571A Passed Senate in
2012

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This bill shall take effect on the
190th day.

S1591B-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 1591--B
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 10, 2011
 
 Introduced by Sens. OPPENHEIMER, DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and  when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Education -
 recommitted to the Committee on Education in  accordance  with  Senate
 Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to public librarian
 certificate fee
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1.

Section 279 of the education law, as amended by chapter 458
 of the laws of 1959, is amended to read as follows:

 

S 279. Fees.  1.  A fee of [five] FIFTY dollars shall be paid for each
 public  librarian's  certificate  [or  school  librarian's  certificate]
 issued  under  THIS part [two of this article] AS DEFINED IN REGULATIONS
 PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
 2. A FEE OF SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE PAID FOR EACH PUBLIC LIBRAR
 IAN'S CONDITIONAL OR TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE ISSUED  UNDER  THIS  PART  AS
 DEFINED IN REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
 

S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00908-05-2

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