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Assembly Bill A4401

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes beverage container recycling assistance grants

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2009-A4401 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5075
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง27-1016, En Con L

2009-A4401 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of environmental conservation to provide grants to municipalities and not-for-profit organizations to support costs related to the collecting, sorting, and packaging of empty beverage containers.

2009-A4401 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4401

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ESPAILLAT, COLTON, WRIGHT, PERALTA -- Multi-Spon-
  sored  by -- M. of A.  COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  establishing beverage container recycling assistance grants

  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 27-1016 to read as follows:
S 27-1016. BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING ASSISTANCE GRANTS.
  WITHIN THE LIMITS OF APPROPRIATIONS MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO SECTION
NINETY-TWO-S  OF  THE STATE FINANCE LAW FOR MUNICIPAL RECYCLING PROJECTS
OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATION FOR SUCH PURPOSE, THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHOR-
IZED TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO MUNICIPALITIES  AND  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZA-
TIONS TO SUPPORT COSTS OF EQUIPMENT, AND/OR THE ACQUISITION AND/OR REHA-
BILITATION  OF  REAL  PROPERTY  OR STRUCTURES RELATED TO THE COLLECTING,
SORTING, AND PACKAGING OF EMPTY BEVERAGE  CONTAINERS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
TITLE.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07550-01-9

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