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Assembly Bill A6734

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the refund value of a beverage container paid by a distributor to a dealer

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2009-A6734 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง27-1003 & 27-1007, En Con L

2009-A6734 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the refund value of a beverage container paid by a distributor to a dealer where such container was accepted by such dealer without the use of a reverse vending machine.

2009-A6734 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6734

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  increasing the refund value of a beverage container paid by a distrib-
  utor to a dealer where such container  was  accepted  by  such  dealer
  without the use of a reverse vending machine

  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 12 to read as follows:
  12.  "REVERSE  VENDING  MACHINE"  MEANS  A  DEVICE WHICH AUTOMATICALLY
PROVIDES A RECEIPT FOR A REFUND VALUE OR A REFUND TO  A  REDEEMER  OF  A
BEVERAGE  CONTAINER  IN  THE  AMOUNT OF THE REFUND VALUE OF THE BEVERAGE
CONTAINER, UPON PLACEMENT OF THE BEVERAGE CONTAINER  ON  OR  WITHIN  THE
DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC VALIDATION OF DEPOSIT REQUIREMENTS.
  S  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 27-1007 of the environmental conserva-
tion law, as amended by section 84 of part A of chapter 389 of the  laws
of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  3.  In  addition to the refund value of a beverage container as estab-
lished by section 27-1005 of this title, a distributor as  part  of  its
agreement with any dealer or operator of a redemption center shall reim-
burse such dealer or operator:
  A.  2.0  cents for each beverage container accepted by the distributor
from such dealer or operator of a redemption center, WHERE SUCH BEVERAGE
CONTAINER WAS ACCEPTED BY THE DEALER  OR  OPERATOR  OF  SUCH  REDEMPTION
CENTER WITH THE USE OF A REVERSE VENDING MACHINE.
  B.   3.0 CENTS FOR EACH BEVERAGE CONTAINER ACCEPTED BY THE DISTRIBUTOR
FROM SUCH DEALER OR OPERATOR  OF  SUCH  REDEMPTION  CENTER,  WHERE  SUCH
BEVERAGE  CONTAINER  WAS  ACCEPTED  BY  THE  DEALER  OR OPERATOR OF SUCH
REDEMPTION CENTER WITHOUT THE USE OF A REVERSE VENDING MACHINE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

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

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