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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state  finance  law,
  in  relation to establishing a distinctive "New York recycles" license
  plate

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

  Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
section 404-x to read as follows:
  S 404-X. DISTINCTIVE "NEW YORK RECYCLES" LICENSE PLATES. 1. ANY PERSON
RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE "NEW
YORK RECYCLES" LICENSE PLATE OF A DESIGN DEVELOPED AND APPROVED  BY  THE
COMMISSIONER,  IN  COOPERATION  WITH  THE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR
REDUCTION, REUSE AND RECYCLING. APPLICATION FOR SUCH  LICENSE  SHALL  BE
FILED  WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL PRESCRIBE.
  2. A DISTINCTIVE "NEW YORK RECYCLES" LICENSE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT  TO
THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE ISSUED IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES
UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED  BY  SECTION
FOUR  HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL
ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED  FOR  SUCH
PLATE.  EACH  TWENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  RECEIVED AS AN ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE
UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE  SOLID  WASTE
ACCOUNT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
SECTION NINETY-TWO-S OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW  AND  SHALL  BE  USED  FOR
MUNICIPAL WASTE REDUCTION OR RECYCLING PROJECTS, PURSUANT TO TITLE SEVEN
OF  ARTICLE  FIFTY-FOUR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW. PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  SECTION,  FUNDS
IN  THE  AMOUNT  OF  FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE
AVAILABLE, SHALL BE ALLOCATED FROM SUCH FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT TO OFFSET

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

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COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH LICENSE PLATES EXCEPT  THAT
NO SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE SO ALLOCATED IF THE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED FUNDS
FOR  SUCH  PURPOSE  FROM  THE  NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR REDUCTION,
REUSE AND RECYCLING.
  S  2.  Subdivision  3  of  section  92-s  of the state finance law, as
amended by section 2 of part T of chapter 59 of the  laws  of  2009,  is
amended to read as follows:
  3.  Such  fund shall consist of the amount of revenue collected within
the state from the amount of revenue, interest and  penalties  deposited
pursuant  to  section  fourteen  hundred  twenty-one of the tax law, the
amount of fees and penalties received from easements or leases  pursuant
to  subdivision fourteen of section seventy-five of the public lands law
and the money received as annual service  charges  pursuant  to  section
four  hundred  four-l of the vehicle and traffic law, THE MONEY RECEIVED
AS ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES PURSUANT TO  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED
FOUR-X  OF  THE  VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW (THE ENTIRETY OF WHICH SHALL BE
DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE SOLID WASTE ACCOUNT), all moneys required
to be deposited therein from the contingency reserve  fund  pursuant  to
section  two  hundred  ninety-four of chapter fifty-seven of the laws of
nineteen hundred ninety-three,  all  moneys  required  to  be  deposited
pursuant  to  section thirteen of chapter six hundred ten of the laws of
nineteen hundred ninety-three, repayments  of  loans  made  pursuant  to
section  54-0511 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys to be
deposited from the Northville settlement pursuant to section one hundred
twenty-four of chapter three  hundred  nine  of  the  laws  of  nineteen
hundred  ninety-six,  provided  however,  that such moneys shall only be
used for the cost of the purchase of private lands in the core  area  of
the  central  Suffolk  pine barrens pursuant to a consent order with the
Northville industries signed on  October  thirteenth,  nineteen  hundred
ninety-four  and  the related resource restoration and replacement plan,
the amount of penalties required to  be  deposited  therein  by  section
71-2724 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys required to be
deposited  pursuant to article thirty-three of the environmental conser-
vation law, all fees collected pursuant to subdivision eight of  section
70-0117  of the environmental conservation law, as added by a chapter of
the laws of two thousand nine, all moneys collected  pursuant  to  title
thirty-three  of  article fifteen of the environmental conservation law,
as added by a chapter of the laws of two thousand  nine  and  all  other
moneys  credited  or  transferred  thereto from any other fund or source
pursuant to law. All such revenue shall be initially deposited into  the
environmental  protection  fund, for application as provided in subdivi-
sion five of this section.
  S 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 6  of  section  92-s  of  the  state
finance  law,  as amended by chapter 432 of the laws of 1997, is amended
to read as follows:
  (b) Moneys from the solid waste account shall be  available,  pursuant
to appropriation and upon certificate of approval of availability by the
director of the budget, for any non-hazardous municipal landfill closure
project;  municipal  waste reduction or recycling project, as defined in
article fifty-four  of  the  environmental  conservation  law;  for  the
purposes  of  section  two  hundred  sixty-one  and  section two hundred
sixty-four of the economic development law; any project for the develop-
ment, updating or revision of local solid waste management plans  pursu-
ant  to  sections  27-0107 and 27-0109 of the environmental conservation
law; and for the development of the pesticide sales and use data base in
conjunction with Cornell University pursuant to title twelve of  article

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thirty-three  of  the environmental conservation law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT MONEYS CREDITED TO SUCH ACCOUNT FROM THE MONEY  RECEIVED  AS  ADDI-
TIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X OF
THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW  SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY FOR
MUNICIPAL WASTE REDUCTION OR RECYCLING PROJECTS PURSUANT TO TITLE  SEVEN
OF ARTICLE FIFTY-FOUR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.