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Assembly Bill A1653

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to promulgate rules and regulations providing for recycling, reuse and remanufacturing of electronic equipment

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2009-A1653 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง27-0721, En Con L

2009-A1653 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to promulgate rules and regulations providing for the recycling, reuse and remanufacturing of electronic equipment; defines "electronic equipment".

2009-A1653 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1653

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. BRADLEY,  FIELDS,  JACOBS,  KOON,  ROBINSON  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  directing the commissioner of environmental conservation to promulgate
  standards and guidelines for the recycling, reuse and  remanufacturing
  of electronic equipment

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

  Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
new section 27-0721 to read as follows:
S 27-0721. ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT RECYCLING.
  1.  WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMIS-
SIONER SHALL ADOPT AND  IMPLEMENT  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  ESTABLISHING
STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE RECYCLING, REUSE AND REMANUFACTURING OF
ELECTRONIC  EQUIPMENT  BY  PERSONS  AND  ENTITIES OPERATING A RECYCLING,
REUSE OR REMANUFACTURING SITE.  THE COMMISSIONER MAY FROM TIME  TO  TIME
MODIFY OR AMEND SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS HE OR SHE SEES FIT.
  2.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT" MEANS
APPLIANCES THAT CONTAIN COMPLEX  CIRCUITRY,  CIRCUIT  BOARDS  OR  SIGNAL
PROCESSING, AND ONE OR MORE HAZARDOUS ELEMENTS. SUCH TERM SHALL INCLUDE,
BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED TO, TELEVISIONS, AUDIO AND STEREO EQUIPMENT, MONI-
TORS, COMPUTERS, VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDERS, COMPUTER KEYBOARDS, PRINTERS,
TELEPHONES, COPY AND FACSIMILE MACHINES, AND MICROWAVES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01348-01-9

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