Senate Bill S3081

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee


  • 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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2017-S3081 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3776
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
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
2013-2014: S3102, A1694
2015-2016: S1776, A4679
2019-2020: S4709, A4844
2021-2022: S5041
2023-2024: S6012

2017-S3081 (ACTIVE) - 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.

2017-S3081 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3081 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3081
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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  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
 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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