Senate Bill S247

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to reverse vending machines

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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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2009-S247 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§27-1003 & 27-1007, En Con L

2009-S247 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to reverse vending machines; defines "reverse vending machine" to mean a device that accepts used, empty beverage containers and, when a consumer has placed all of his or her containers into such device, issues a receipt that can be redeemed for the refund value for such beverage containers, at the place of business of the dealer.

2009-S247 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S247 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   247

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- 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
  reverse vending machines

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

  Section  1.  Section  27-1003 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 9-a to read as follows:
  9-A. "REVERSE VENDING MACHINE" MEANS AN AUTOMATED DEVICE THAT  USES  A
LASER  SCANNER, MICROPROCESSOR, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGY TO ACCURATELY RECOG-
NIZE THE UNIVERSAL PRODUCT CODE (UPC) ON CONTAINERS TO DETERMINE IF  THE
CONTAINER IS REDEEMABLE AND ACCUMULATES INFORMATION REGARDING CONTAINERS
REDEEMED,  INCLUDING  THE  NUMBER  OF  SUCH CONTAINERS REDEEMED, THEREBY
ENABLING THE REVERSE VENDING MACHINE TO ACCEPT CONTAINERS FROM REDEEMERS
AND TO ISSUE A SCRIP OR RECEIPT FOR THEIR REFUND VALUE.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 27-1007 of the  environmental  conserva-
tion  law,  as  added  by chapter 200 of the laws of 1982, is amended to
read as follows:
  1. (A) A dealer shall accept at his OR HER place of  business  from  a
redeemer  any  empty  beverage  containers  of  the design, shape, size,
color, composition and brand sold by the dealer, and shall  pay  to  the
redeemer the refund value of each such beverage container as established
by section 27-1005 of this title.
  (B)  A  DEPOSIT  INITIATOR  SHALL  ACCEPT  THE  ACCOUNTING OF DEPOSITS
UTILIZED BY THE DEALER.
  (C) (I) A DEALER WHOSE PLACE OF BUSINESS IS PART OF A CHAIN ENGAGED IN
THE SAME GENERAL FIELD OF BUSINESS WHICH OPERATES TEN OR MORE  UNITS  IN
THIS  STATE  UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP AND WHOSE BUSINESS IS FORTY THOUSAND
THROUGH SIXTY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET SHALL INSTALL AND MAINTAIN  AT  LEAST
THREE REVERSE VENDING MACHINES AT THE DEALER'S PLACE OF BUSINESS; (II) A

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

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