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Apr 27, 2009 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S5069
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S5069 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8458
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 48 §§48-0101 & 48-0103, En Con L; add §92-h, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
A5480
2013-2014: A6404
2015-2016: A6559
2017-2018: A6021
2019-2020: A3135
2009-S5069 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Creates a nontoxic dry cleaning incentive grant and demonstration program and establishes an account to fund such grant and demonstration program; establishes a fee to be paid for the use, manufacture and sale of perchloroethylene; fees to be deposited into the nontoxic dry cleaning incentive fund.
2009-S5069 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5069 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance law, in relation to the creation of a nontoxic dry cleaning incentive grant and demonstration program and establishes an account to fund such grant and demonstration program PURPOSE : To protect clean air and public health by: Phasing out the use of perchloroethylene in dry cleaning operations by 2015; and Providing a Non-toxic Dry-cleaning Incentive Program to help dry cleaners transition from the use of toxic perchloroethylene in the dry cleaning process to safer methods of cleaning clothes. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Establishes a Non-toxic Dry-cleaning Incentive Trust Account through a $3 fee on each gallon of perchloroethylene purchased for use in New York State. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) shall establish a grant program that provides incentives for dry cleaners in the state that use perchloroethylene to transition to non-toxic alternatives. The DEC shall administer this fund with not more than 5W of the fund to be used for administrative costs. The grants shall be available in the amount of $10,000 to any eligible dry cleaning operation for the purchase of new equipment to aid in that operation's transition to a non-toxic cleaning process, as determined by the DEC. JUSTIFICATION : Occupational health studies have found elevated
2009-S5069 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5069 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance law, in relation to the creation of a nontoxic dry cleaning incentive grant and demonstration program and establishes an account to fund such grant and demonstration program 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 article 48 to read as follows: ARTICLE 48 NONTOXIC DRY CLEANING SECTION 48-0101. NONTOXIC DRY CLEANING INCENTIVE FEE. 48-0103. NONTOXIC DRY CLEANING INCENTIVE GRANT AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. S 48-0101. NONTOXIC DRY CLEANING INCENTIVE FEE. 1. (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IMPOSE A THREE DOLLAR PER GALLON FEE ON THE USE, MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF PERCHLOROETHYLENE IN THE STATE. (B) THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL INCREASE BY ONE DOLLAR PER GALLON ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, AND SHALL INCREASE BY ONE DOLLAR EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR, UNTIL JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN. 2. MONEYS GENERATED BY THE FEE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE NONTOXIC DRY CLEANING INCENTIVE FUND, ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-TWO-H OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. 3. (A) MONEYS DEPOSITED IN THE NONTOXIC DRY CLEANING INCENTIVE TRUST FUND SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE BY THE COMMISSIONER, UPON APPRO- PRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE, TO FUND THE GRANT PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 48-0103 OF THIS ARTICLE AND TO FUND THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 48-0103 OF THIS ARTICLE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11655-01-9
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