New York Assembly Bill A03933 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3933--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, L. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, WILLIAMS, RIVERA, THIELE, EPSTEIN, COOK, GLICK, HYNDMAN, FALL, CRUZ, DeSTEFANO, SAYEGH, DAVILA, K. BROWN, ANDERSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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: 1 Section 1. The general city law is amended by adding a new section 2 20-h to read as follows: 3 § 20-h. Collection of recyclable materials; certain cities. 1. Every 4 city having a population of one million or more shall establish and 5 implement a program for the collection of recyclable materials that are 6 discarded in city parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other recre- 7 ational facilities. Such recyclable materials shall include, but not be 8 limited to, metal, plastic, glass and paper. In each such park, play- 9 ground, historic site and other recreational facility such city shall 10 install bins for the collection of recyclable materials. The city 11 department of sanitation shall regularly collect and provide for the 12 recycling of the recyclable materials collected. 13 2. The city shall post signs in those portions of city parks, play- 14 grounds, historic sites and other recreational facilities, which do not 15 have trash receptacles, stating "Please take any trash you generate 16 while upon this facility with you for disposal when you reach a trash 17 receptacle." EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02839-03-3 
 A. 3933--A 2 1 3. Every city having a population of one million or more which estab- 2 lishes and implements a recyclables recovery program pursuant to subdi- 3 vision one of this section shall be eligible to apply for state assist- 4 ance for a recycling project pursuant to title seven of article 5 fifty-four of the environmental conservation law. 6 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 54-0701 of the environmental conserva- 7 tion law, as amended by chapter 146 of the laws of 2000, is amended to 8 read as follows: 9 3. "Recyclables recovery program" means a program undertaken by a 10 municipality consistent with requirements of section one hundred twen- 11 ty-aa of the general municipal law and/or section twenty-h of the gener- 12 al city law to provide for the environmentally sound recovery of recycl- 13 ables, primarily involving the collection, aggregation and processing of 14 recyclable materials for their use as raw materials for new products or 15 for other useful purposes other than for energy recovery, through facil- 16 ities planned, designed and constructed to ensure environmental 17 protection and to maximize the potential for recyclables recovery. A 18 recyclables recovery program also shall mean planning, educational and 19 promotional activities to increase public awareness of and participation 20 in recycling. Such program shall have been approved by the commissioner 21 and undertaken consistent with any local solid waste management plan 22 pursuant to section 27-0107 of this chapter. 23 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 24 have become a law.