Assembly Bill A8676

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that a deposit initiator or distributor to count empty containers by mechanical process at a location other than the redemption center or dealer's place of business

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A8676 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง27-1007, En Con L

2009-A8676 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a deposit initiator or distributor to count empty containers by mechanical process at a location other than the redemption center or dealer's place of business.

2009-A8676 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A8676 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8676

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 3, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  authorizing deposit initiators or distributors to count empty contain-
  ers by mechanical process at a  location  other  than  the  redemption
  center or dealer's place of business

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 8 of section  27-1007  of  the
environmental  conservation  law,  as  added  by section 4 of part SS of
chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  (b) A  deposit  initiator  or  distributor  shall  not  require  empty
containers  to be counted at a location other than the redemption center
or dealer's place of business. The dealer  or  redemption  center  shall
have the right to be present at the count, UNLESS SUCH DEPOSIT INITIATOR
OR  DISTRIBUTOR  COUNTS  EMPTY  CONTAINERS  AT A LOCATION OTHER THAN THE
REDEMPTION CENTER OR DEALER'S PLACE OF BUSINESS BY MEANS OF A MECHANICAL
PROCESS WHICH SHALL BE ANNUALLY CERTIFIED TO ITS ACCURACY BY A QUALIFIED
INDEPENDENT THIRD-PARTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMUL-
GATED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
manner  as  section 4 of part SS of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009 takes
effect.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14055-01-9

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