Senate Bill S7142

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to rechargeable battery recycling

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


  • 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-S7142 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§27-1807, 27-1809 & 27-1811, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S2331
2021-2022: S2906
2023-2024: S643

2017-S7142 - Summary

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

2017-S7142 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7142 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7142
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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
   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
 CONTROL BOARD OF SUCH CITY SHALL BE PAID INTO THE GENERAL FUND  OF  SUCH
 CITY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

2017-S7142A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§27-1807, 27-1809 & 27-1811, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S2331
2021-2022: S2906
2023-2024: S643

2017-S7142A (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-S7142A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7142A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7142--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 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 OFFICE  OF  ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE  TRIALS  AND  HEARINGS  OF SUCH CITY. SUCH OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
 TRIALS AND HEARINGS 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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