STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8078 IN SENATE January 5, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the use of waste tire management and recycling fee funds The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 27-1915 of the environmental 2 conservation law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending 3 the environmental conservation law relating to the use of waste tire 4 management and recycling fee funds, as proposed in legislative bills 5 numbers S. 1688 and A. 1630, is amended to read as follows: 6 2. costs of the department of economic development for the following: 7 (a) conducting an updated market analysis of outlets for waste tire 8 utilization including recycling and energy recovery opportunities; 9 (b) establishment of a program to provide funds to businesses to 10 develop technology that leads to increased markets for waste tires; 11 (c) funding of demonstration projects, including, but not limited to, 12 reuse in agricultural settings; and 13 (d) administration of requirements of this section[; and 14 (e) conducting an analysis of waste tire reuse opportunities]. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 16 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the environmental 17 conservation law relating to the use of waste tire management and recy- 18 cling fee funds, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 1688 and A. 19 1630, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04935-02-4