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Assembly Bill A2902

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a task force to study and report on the feasibility of a cigarette filter recycling program

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2017-A2902 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9631
2013-2014: A5047
2015-2016: A4107
2019-2020: A4333

2017-A2902 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a task force to study and report on the feasibility of a mandatory and/or voluntary cigarette filter recycling program and requires the task force to conduct a public hearing on the feasibility, economic and public health impacts, and the effectiveness of such program.

2017-A2902 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2902
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT in relation to establishing a task force to study and  report  on
   the feasibility of a cigarette filter recycling program; and providing
   for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. A three member task force is hereby established  to  assess
 the  feasibility,  economic and public health impacts, and effectiveness
 of a mandatory and/or voluntary cigarette filter recycling program.
   § 2. The task force shall be comprised of the commissioners of econom-
 ic development, public health, and environmental conservation,  who  may
 designate representatives to act on their behalf.
   §  3.  The  task  force  shall  meet as frequently as its business may
 require and members of the task force shall receive no compensation  for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in performance of their duties.
   §  4. (a) The task force shall conduct a public hearing in each region
 of the state and solicit public commentary on the feasibility,  economic
 and  public  health  impacts,  and  effectiveness  of a mandatory and/or
 voluntary cigarette filter recycling program. Provision  shall  be  made
 for  the solicitation of interested parties and experts in the fields of
 environmental conservation and public health.
   (b) Notice of such hearings shall, not less than two  weeks  prior  to
 the  scheduled  date, be posted conspicuously and printed in a newspaper
 or newspapers having general circulation within the region in which such
 hearing shall be held.
   § 5. The task force shall provide a report to  the  governor  and  the
 legislature on or before January 1, 2019. Such report shall include:
   (a)  the general feasibility of both mandatory and voluntary cigarette
 filter recycling programs and any other information and  concerns  gath-

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

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