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Senate Bill S4656

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the establishment of the plastic bag challenge grant program

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2017-S4656 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Appropriations
Laws Affected:
Add §27-2715, En Con L

2017-S4656 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the plastic bag challenge grant program to incentivize universities to develop alternative uses or substitutes for plastic bags; provides ten one hundred thousand dollar grants and one one million dollar grant; appropriates funds therefor.

2017-S4656 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4656 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4656
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   establishing  the  plastic  bag challenge grant program; and making an
   appropriation therefor

   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 section 27-2715 to read as follows:
 § 27-2715. PLASTIC BAG CHALLENGE GRANT PROGRAM.
   1. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  THE
 PLASTIC  BAG CHALLENGE GRANT PROGRAM AND INVITE ALL COLLEGES AND UNIVER-
 SITIES IN THIS STATE TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM PROPOSAL THAT WILL ADDRESS THE
 ENVIRONMENTAL DANGERS OF PLASTIC BAG USE IN THE STATE BY  (A)  PROVIDING
 ALTERNATIVE  AFTER-MARKET  USES  FOR  PLASTIC BAGS AND/OR (B) CREATING A
 BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL FOR USE IN THE  MANUFACTURE  OF  SUBSTITUTES  FOR
 PLASTIC  BAGS SUCH THAT BAGS MADE OF THE MATERIAL WILL NOT POSE A THREAT
 TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. ALL COLLEGES AND  UNIVERSITIES,  PUBLIC  AND  PRIVATE,
 LOCATED  IN  THE STATE ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE THE PLASTIC
 BAG CHALLENGE GRANT.
   3. PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO  THE  COMMISSIONER  IN  A
 PROCEDURE  TO  BE DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
   4. INITIAL GRANTS. (A) UPON RECEIPT OF THE PARTICIPANT  PROPOSALS  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  SELECT  THE TEN SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PRESENTED THE TOP
 TEN MOST FEASIBLE PROPOSALS.  THE TEN FINALISTS SHALL THEN EACH  RECEIVE
 A ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT TO ADVANCE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND
 IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR PROPOSAL.
   (B)  THE TEN SCHOOLS SHALL HAVE NINE MONTHS TO COMPLETE THEIR RESEARCH
 AND SUBMIT THEIR RESULTS FOR FINAL REVIEW BY THE COMMISSIONER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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