NY State Senate Bill 2017-S5461

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2017-S5461 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 27 Title 28 §§27-2801 - 27-2805, amd §27-0107, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S7323
2019-2020: S1098, S5533

2017-S5461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the state and local government food waste prevention and diversion act; requires facilities generating excess food waste to take measures to minimize such waste.

2017-S5461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5461

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the environmental conservation law,
in relation to prevention and diversion of food waste

 PURPOSE :

To require that food service facilities operated by State agencies,
municipalities, local education agencies, or their contractors or
lessees prevent and divert food waste by participating in food
donation and other organics recovery programs.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section one of the bill establishes the short title of "State and
Local Government Food Waste Prevention and Diversion Act."

Section two of the bill amends article 27 of the environmental
conservation law by adding a new title 28, which would require that
covered food service establishments manage their excess unused food,
food scraps, and organic waste by first minimizing their generation,
and then diverting them from disposal by a series of options. After
minimizing generation, the highest waste prevention and diversion
priority would be donation of excess wholesome food to programs
feeding people, especially the food insecure. Other options include
providing food and food scraps as animal feed, and processing

remaining organics into soil amendment or other useful products
through composting, anaerobic digestion, and other value-adding
methods.

Covered food service establishments would be those operated by State
agencies, departments, boards, public benefit corporations, public
authorities or commissions, municipalities, local education agencies,
or their contractors or lessees, that prepare and provide food
directly to consumers, and that generate, from food preparation and
service as averaged over the course of the previous ten weeks:
beginning in 2018, over two thousand pounds of food waste per week;
beginning in 2020, over one thousand pounds of food waste per week;
and beginning in 2022, over five hundred pounds of food waste per
week.

If the cost to comply with any portion of the foodwaste prevention and
diversion priorities outlined above is excessive, this section also
provides a process by which a covered food service establishment may
be granted a temporary waiver from complying with that portion.

Additionally, section two of the bill requires the Department of
Environmental Conservation (DEC) to promote the actions that covered
food service establishments are required to take, and to encourage the
public to better manage excess food, food scraps, and organic waste as
well. Toward this end, the DEC is authorized to collect and report
information to promote improved food and organic waste prevention and
diversion.

Section three of the bill requires that local solid waste management
plans include information on current food and organic waste management
efforts and their capacity in the respective area of the planning
unit.

Section four of the bill establishes the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, food waste
comprises approximately 14 percent of the municipal solid waste
generated each year in the United States, or about 34 million tons.
Every day, food service providers such as hospitals, universities,
cafeterias, restaurants, and food preparation companies must address
what to do with surplus or leftover food and other organic waste
generated in their operations. This includes food waste, food scraps,
prepared foods, produce, bakery and dairy items, meat, and other
organics. There are many ways food service providers can reduce waste,
reduce costs, improve the environment, provide benefits to
communities, and otherwise realize savings by reducing, reusing, and
recycling uneaten or unused food and other discarded organic materials
rather than sending them to landfills.

New York State's Solid Waste Management Plan, entitled "Beyond Waste"
published in December 2010, included a programmatic recommendation for
the state to "lead by example" by demonstrating sustainable materials
management within its own operations, specifically indicating organics
recovery as a major component. This bill would require that certain
facilities operated by state agencies, counties, municipalities, local
education agencies, or their contractors recover excess foods and
other organics residuals to the greatest extent practicable. In doing
so, covered facilities would prevent waste and divert discarded
organics from landfills, thereby conserving resources and providing
models for other facilities and organizations to establish their own
effective means of sustainable operation and organic waste management.

In addition to reducing as much as possible the amount of food waste
generated, covered food service establishments will be required to
divert organic materials from disposal in descending order of
priority, in line with the EPA's Food Recovery Hierarchy: donation to
programs feeding people, especially the food insecure; providing food
and food scraps as animal feed; and finally, processing remaining
organic materials into useful value-added products for industry,
agriculture, horticulture, or other beneficial applications
(e.g.biodiesel, biogas, soaps, composts or other soil amendments)
(http://www.epa.gov/foodrecovery/).

Anyone donating food pursuant to this law would be protected from
liability under the agricultural and markets law, which exempts a good
faith donor of food from liability if the donor has reasonably
inspected the food and found it fit for consumption.

Apart from environmental and resource conservation benefits, food
waste prevention and organic waste diversion practices also promote
the development of sustainable jobs. Requiring diversion of organic
waste from landfills by the largest government generators of food
waste, and their contractors and lessees, and requiring promotion and
further reporting of food and organic waste management by government
actors will help improve such practices and spur much needed
infrastructure development across the state.

 FISCAL IMPACT ON THE STATE :

Facilities recovering organics may experience a slight cost in first
establishing programs with likely short-term return on investment and
long-term savings (primarily through reduced procurement and disposal
costs) as food preparation, sorting, and collection gain in
efficiency.

 FISCAL IMPACT ON LOCALITIES :

Facilities recovering organics may experience a slight cost in first
establishing programs with likely short-term return on investment and
long-term savings (primarily through reduced procurement and disposal
costs) as food preparation, sorting, and collection gain in
efficiency.

 IMPACT ON REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS :
None

 IMPACT ON FINES, IMPRISONMENT, FORFEITURE OF RIGHTS, OR OTHER PENAL
SANCTIONS :

None

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of the month following the one
hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.

2017-S5461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5461
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 29, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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,  in  relation  to
   prevention and diversion of food waste
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the  "state  and  local  government  food waste prevention and diversion
 act".
   § 2. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law  is  amended  by
 adding a new title 28 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 28
      STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOOD WASTE PREVENTION AND DIVERSION
                                    ACT
 SECTION 27-2801. DEFINITIONS.
         27-2803. REQUIRED  STATE  AND  MUNICIPAL  FOOD  SERVICE ORGANICS
                    WASTE MANAGEMENT.
         27-2805. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES.
 § 27-2801. DEFINITIONS.
   FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "AGENCY" MEANS ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, AGENCY, BOARD, PUBLIC BENEFIT
 CORPORATION, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR COMMISSION.
   2. "COMPOSTABLE" MEANS ALL THE MATERIALS IN  THE  PRODUCT  OR  PACKAGE
 WILL  (A)  UNDERGO DEGRADATION BY BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES DURING COMPOSTING
 TO YIELD CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER, INORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND  BIOMASS  AT  A
 RATE  CONSISTENT WITH OTHER KNOWN COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS AND (B) LEAVE NO
 VISIBLE, DISTINGUISHABLE OR TOXIC RESIDUE, INCLUDING NO  ADVERSE  IMPACT
 ON  THE  ABILITY  OF  COMPOSTS TO SUPPORT PLANT GROWTH ONCE THE FINISHED
 COMPOST IS PLACED IN SOIL.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02942-02-7

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   3. "CONTRACTORS" AND "LESSEES" MEAN ANY PERSON OR ENTITY  THAT  HAS  A
 CONTRACT  WITH  AN  AGENCY,  MUNICIPALITY  OR LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY FOR
 PUBLIC WORKS OR IMPROVEMENTS TO BE PERFORMED, FOR A  FRANCHISE,  CONCES-
 SION  OR  LEASE  OF  PROPERTY, FOR GRANT MONIES OR GOODS AND SERVICES OR
 SUPPLIES  TO  BE PURCHASED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE AGENCY, MUNICIPALITY OR
 LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY OR TO BE PAID OUT  OF  MONIES  DEPOSITED  IN  THE
 TREASURY  OR  OUT  OF TRUST MONIES UNDER THE CONTROL OR COLLECTED BY THE
 AGENCY, MUNICIPALITY OR LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY.
   4. "COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT" MEANS ANY PREMISES OR PART  OF
 A PREMISES TO WHICH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
   (A) IT IS OPERATED BY AN AGENCY, MUNICIPALITY, LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY,
 OR  ANY CONTRACTOR OR LESSEE OF AN AGENCY, MUNICIPALITY, OR LOCAL EDUCA-
 TION AGENCY;
   (B) IT GENERATES, FROM ITS FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVICE,  AS  AVERAGED
 OVER THE COURSE OF THE PREVIOUS TEN WEEKS:
   (I) IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, OVER TWO THOU-
 SAND POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE PER WEEK;
   (II)  IN  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY  AND TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, OVER ONE
 THOUSAND POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE PER WEEK; AND
   (III) IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND  THEREAFTER,  OVER  FIVE  HUNDRED
 POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE PER WEEK; AND
   (C)  IT IS LOCATED WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED AND PROVIDED DIRECTLY TO THE
 CONSUMER, WHETHER SUCH FOOD IS PROVIDED FREE  OF  CHARGE  OR  SOLD,  AND
 WHETHER CONSUMPTION OCCURS ON OR OFF THE PREMISES. "COVERED FOOD SERVICE
 ESTABLISHMENTS"  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING
 WHICH ALSO MEET THE CONDITIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND PARAGRAPHS (A)  AND
 (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION:  FULL-SERVICE RESTAURANTS, FAST FOOD RESTAU-
 RANTS, CAFES, DELICATESSENS, COFFEE SHOPS, AND CAFETERIAS, BUT SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE RETAIL FOOD STORES, CONVENIENCE STORES,  PHARMACIES  AND  MOBILE
 FOOD VENDING UNITS.
   5.  "EXCESS FOOD" MEANS FOOD THAT IS NOT REQUIRED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
 THE COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT.
   6. "LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY" MEANS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF  COOPER-
 ATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNI-
 CAL COLLEGE, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE OF  TECHNOLOGY  AND  A
 CENTER  FOR  ADVANCED  TECHNOLOGY  DESIGNATED  PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE
 THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWO-A OF THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  LAW,  AND  OTHER
 POSTSECONDARY  PROVIDER OF CAREER EDUCATION AS SET FORTH ANNUALLY BY THE
 COMMISSIONER AS ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS UNDER THE FEDERAL VOCATIONAL  EDUCA-
 TION ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR.
   7.  "MUNICIPALITY"  MEANS  A  VILLAGE,  TOWN,  CITY, OR COUNTY, OR ANY
 DESIGNATED AGENCY THEREOF.
   8. "ORGANIC" MEANS MATERIALS PRODUCED BY OR FROM LIVING ORGANISMS.
   9. "ORGANIC WASTE" MEANS READILY DEGRADABLE ORGANIC  MATERIAL  INCLUD-
 ING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, FOOD WASTE, SOILED OR UNRECYCLABLE PAPER, AND
 YARD WASTE IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OF THE FORMER MATERIALS. IT DOES  NOT
 INCLUDE BIOSOLIDS, SLUDGE, OR SEPTAGE.
 §  27-2803.  REQUIRED  STATE  AND  MUNICIPAL FOOD SERVICE ORGANICS WASTE
              MANAGEMENT.
   1. ANY COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT SHALL DO THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICABLE,  MINIMIZE  ITS  GENERATION  OF
 EXCESS,  UNUSED  FOODS  IN  ADDITION  TO  FOOD  SCRAPS AND ORGANIC WASTE
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FOOD TRIMMINGS AND PACKAGING;
   (B) TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICABLE, REDUCE THE NEED  FOR  DISPOSAL
 OF ITS GENERATED EXCESS, UNUSED FOOD, FOOD SCRAPS AND ANY OTHER COMPOST-

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 ABLE  OR  ORGANIC  WASTE, BY PROVIDING IT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES, IN
 DESCENDING ORDER OF PRIORITY:
   (I)  FEEDING OR DISTRIBUTING EXCESS, UNUSED, APPARENTLY WHOLESOME FOOD
 TO PEOPLE, SUCH AS THE FOOD INSECURE, THROUGH LOCAL VOLUNTARY  COMMUNITY
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT  FOOD  ASSISTANCE  OR  SIMILAR  PROGRAMS AS AUTHORIZED BY
 STATE AND FEDERAL LAW;
   (II) FEEDING EXCESS, UNUSED FOOD, OR FOOD SCRAPS TO ANIMALS AS FEED AS
 AUTHORIZED BY STATE AND FEDERAL LAW;
   (III) COMPOSTING, ANAEROBIC DIGESTION, OR OTHER  PROCESSING  OF  FOOD,
 FOOD  WASTE,  OR  ORGANIC  WASTE  TO  GENERATE  SOIL  AMENDMENT OR OTHER
 PRODUCTS FOR USE IN AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, MANUFACTURING, OR OTHER
 APPLICATIONS;
   (C) EFFECTUATE PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY DOING THE  FOLLOW-
 ING:
   (I)  FOR MANAGEMENT OF EXCESS FOODS OR FOOD SCRAP PURSUANT TO SUBPARA-
 GRAPHS (I) AND (II) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  OTHER  THAN
 THOSE  MANAGED  ON-SITE,  TRANSFER,  OR  ARRANGE  FOR  SUCH TRANSFER, TO
 LOCATIONS INTENDED FOR THEIR CONSUMPTION OR  FROM  WHICH  THEY  WILL  BE
 DISTRIBUTED FOR ULTIMATE CONSUMPTION; AND
   (II)  FOR  MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIC WASTES PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (III)
 OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, BY TAKING ACTIONS  TO  (A)  SOURCE
 SEPARATE  ORGANIC WASTES FROM OTHER WASTE AND SUBSCRIBE TO A BASIC LEVEL
 OF RECYCLING SERVICE THAT INCLUDES THEIR COLLECTION AND  RECYCLING;  (B)
 RECYCLE  ITS  ORGANIC WASTES ON-SITE OR SELF-HAUL THEM FOR RECYCLING; OR
 (C) SUBSCRIBE TO AN ORGANIC WASTE RECYCLING  SERVICE  THAT  MAY  INCLUDE
 MIXED WASTE PROCESSING THAT SPECIFICALLY RECYCLES ORGANIC WASTE.
   (D)  PROVIDE  COLLECTION  AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING REGULAR
 PERIODICAL GUIDANCE, TRAINING, UPDATES, SIGNAGE,  AND  FLYERS,  FOR  ITS
 WORKFORCE  AND  THE  PUBLIC  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF TEACHING AND RETAINING
 EFFECTIVE PROCEDURES FOR SORTING MATERIALS FOR ORGANICS AND OTHER  RECY-
 CLING.
   2.  EACH COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT MAY PROVIDE TO ITS MUNICI-
 PALITY, PLANNING UNIT, OR THE DEPARTMENT, INFORMATION ON ITS  PRACTICES,
 INCLUDING  AMOUNTS OF EXCESS FOOD, FOOD SCRAPS, OR ORGANIC WASTE MANAGED
 BY VARIOUS METHODS SUCH AS THOSE IMPLEMENTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION, ENTITIES OR RESOURCES UTILIZED FOR REDUCING AND  MANAG-
 ING SUCH MATERIALS, OR FINANCING MECHANISMS AND INCENTIVES UTILIZED.
   3. IF THE COST FOR A COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT TO COMPLY WITH
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR
 ANY  OR  ALL  PORTIONS  OF  EXCESS  FOOD,  FOOD SCRAPS, OR ORGANIC WASTE
 EXCEEDS FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE COST  OF  ITS  DISPOSAL  BY  LANDFILL  OR
 INCINERATION,  THE  COVERED  FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT MAY REQUEST FROM
 THE COMMISSIONER A WAIVER OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PORTIONS, BASED ON
 DOCUMENTED EFFORTS TO COMPLY. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REVIEW THE  REQUEST
 AND,  IF  VALIDATED,  GRANT  THE  WAIVER FOR A PERIOD OF NO GREATER THAN
 TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS.
   4. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO  CONTRACTS  IN
 EFFECT  ON  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL RENEWALS OR EXTENSIONS
 OF SUCH CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   5.  IN  THE EVENT THAT TWO OR MORE COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS
 SHARE  A  COMMON  PHYSICAL  FACILITY  AND   SHARE   SERVICES   SUCH   AS
 WASTE/RECYCLING  COLLECTION  AND HAULING, DINING AREAS AND/OR RESTROOMS,
 ALL FACILITIES SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE ONE COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTAB-

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 LISHMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING THE  AMOUNT  OF  FOOD  WASTE  AS
 PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 27-2801 OF THIS TITLE.
   6.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROMOTE  ACTIONS  FOR COVERED FOOD SERVICE
 ESTABLISHMENTS TO TAKE PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE
 OF  THIS SECTION, AND FOR ALL ENTITIES AND THE PUBLIC TO TAKE IN EFFORTS
 TO MANAGE EXCESS FOOD, FOOD SCRAPS,  AND  ORGANIC  WASTE  IN  A  SIMILAR
 MANNER.
   7.  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  COLLECT  AND  REPORT  INFORMATION TO PROMOTE
 IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF EXCESS  FOOD,  FOOD  SCRAPS  AND  ORGANIC  WASTE,
 INCLUDING INFORMATION ON PRACTICES BY COVERED FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, OTHER
 ENTITIES  AND  THE  PUBLIC, OR LISTS OF ENTITIES AND RESOURCES PROVIDING
 ASSISTANCE FOR REDUCING SUCH MATERIALS, FACILITIES ACCEPTING SUCH  MATE-
 RIALS,  OR  FINANCING  MECHANISMS  AND INCENTIVES AVAILABLE FOR RECOVERY
 PRACTICES AND FACILITIES.
 § 27-2805. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES.
   ANY AGENCY, MUNICIPALITY OR  LOCAL  EDUCATION  AGENCY  MAY  PROMULGATE
 REGULATIONS,  ORDINANCES, OR LAWS TO TAKE ANY AND ALL REASONABLE ACTIONS
 NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE THIS TITLE. THIS TITLE DOES NOT LIMIT
 THE AUTHORITY OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY TO  ADOPT,  IMPLEMENT,  OR,
 ENFORCE  REQUIREMENTS  ON  MANAGEMENT  OF  EXCESS FOOD, FOOD SCRAPS, AND
 ORGANIC WASTE THAT ARE MORE STRINGENT OR COMPREHENSIVE THAN THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF THIS TITLE.
   § 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 27-0107 of the environ-
 mental conservation law, as added by chapter 70 of the laws of 1988,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c)  Such  plan  shall  take  into account the objectives of the state
 solid waste management policy, provide for or take into account  manage-
 ment  of all solid waste within the planning unit, and embody, as may be
 appropriate to  the  circumstances,  sound  principles  of  solid  waste
 management,  natural  resources  conservation,  energy  production,  and
 employment creating opportunities, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS OF THE PLANNING UNIT, OR ANY OF THE MUNICI-
 PALITIES THEREIN, TO FACILITATE, PARTICIPATE, OR ASSIST IN  THE  MANAGE-
 MENT  OF  EXCESS FOOD, FOOD SCRAPS, AND OTHER ORGANIC WASTE IN THE SOLID
 WASTE STREAM INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  DESCRIPTION  OF  PROGRAMS
 PROVIDING  (A)  ASSISTANCE WITH REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF EXCESS FOOD, FOOD
 SCRAPS, AND ORGANIC WASTE GENERATED, (B) EXCESS  FOOD  TO  ENTITIES  FOR
 FEEDING  THE  FOOD INSECURE, (C) EXCESS FOOD AND FOOD SCRAPS FOR FEEDING
 ANIMALS, AND (D) FOOD AND OTHER ORGANIC WASTE TO  PROCESS  AND  GENERATE
 SOIL AMENDMENT OR OTHER PRODUCTS FOR USE IN AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL,
 MANUFACTURING, OR OTHER APPLICATIONS; AND
   (II) ASSESSMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF (A) KNOWN ENTITIES ACCEPTING EXCESS
 FOOD  DONATIONS  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF PROVIDING NOURISHMENT TO THE FOOD
 INSECURE AND ESTIMATED AMOUNTS, ACCORDING TO ANY USEFUL CATEGORIES, SUCH
 AS PERISHABLE AND NON-PERISHABLE, THAT ARE AVAILABLE, (B) KNOWN ENTITIES
 THAT ACCEPT EXCESS FOOD AND FOOD SCRAPS FOR FEEDING ANIMALS,  AND  ESTI-
 MATED  AMOUNTS,  ACCORDING TO AVAILABLE USEFUL CATEGORIES, AND (C) KNOWN
 ENTITIES THAT ACCEPT FOOD AND OTHER ORGANIC WASTE TO PROCESS AND  GENER-
 ATE  SOIL  AMENDMENT OR OTHER PRODUCTS, AND ESTIMATED AMOUNTS, ACCORDING
 TO AVAILABLE USEFUL CATEGORIES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of  the  month  following
 the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.

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Senate Bill S5461

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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2017-S5461 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S5461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S5461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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Kevin S. Parker

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

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2017-S5461 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S5461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S5461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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