Assembly Bill A8577

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to rechargeable battery recycling

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

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2017-A8577 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7142
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§27-1807, 27-1809 & 27-1811, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9529
2013-2014: A80
2015-2016: A5851
2019-2020: A4559, S2331
2021-2022: S2906
2023-2024: A7339, S643

2017-A8577 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to rechargeable battery recycling; allows a city with a population of one million or more to enforce through its own agencies.

2017-A8577 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8577
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   rechargeable battery recycling
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  b  of  subdivision 2 of section 27-1807 of the
 environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 562 of the  laws  of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Submittance  to  the  department  of  annual  reports,  on  a form
 prescribed by the department,  concerning  the  amount  of  rechargeable
 batteries  received within the state and recycled either by number or by
 weight; the costs of such efforts; and any other relevant information as
 required by the department.  SUCH REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE  THE  WEIGHT  OF
 RECHARGEABLE  BATTERIES  RECEIVED WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE
 MILLION OR MORE.
   § 2. Section 27-1809 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  IN  ADDITION  TO ANY ENFORCEMENT OF THIS TITLE BY THE COMMISSIONER
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, IN A  CITY  WITH  A  POPU-
 LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR MORE, THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 27-1805 AND
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 27-1807 OF THIS TITLE MAY BE ENFORCED  BY  AN
 AGENCY  OR AGENCIES DESIGNATED BY THE MAYOR OF SUCH CITY.  ANY NOTICE OF
 VIOLATION ISSUED BY AN AGENCY DESIGNATED  BY  THE  MAYOR  OF  SUCH  CITY
 CHARGING  A  VIOLATION OF SECTION 27-1805 AND SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
 27-1807 OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE RETURNABLE TO THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONTROL
 BOARD  OF  SUCH  CITY.  SUCH  ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD SHALL HAVE THE
 POWER TO IMPOSE THE CIVIL PENALTIES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISIONS  ONE,  TWO
 AND  THREE  OF  THIS  SECTION.  ALL  CIVIL  PENALTIES  COLLECTED FOR ANY
 VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE THAT HAVE  BEEN  IMPOSED  BY  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02839-01-7
              

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