Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Jan 28, 2019 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A3135
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
William Colton
2019-A3135 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A3135 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3135 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the creation of a nontoxic dry cleaning incentive grant program 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 article 48 to read as follows: ARTICLE 48 NONTOXIC DRY CLEANING SECTION 48-0101. NONTOXIC DRY CLEANING INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM. § 48-0101. NONTOXIC DRY CLEANING INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A GRANT PROGRAM FROM MONEYS APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE THAT PROVIDES INCENTIVES FOR DRY CLEANERS IN THE STATE THAT UTILIZE PERCHLOROETHYLENE IN THEIR OPERATIONS TO TRANSITION TO UTILIZING DRY CLEANING SYSTEMS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE NONTOXIC AND NONSMOG-FORMING. 2. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, APPLICANTS SHALL COMPLETELY REPLACE THEIR PERCHLOROETHYLENE-BASED DRY CLEANING SYSTEM WITH A SYSTEM THAT THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES TO BE APPROPRIATE AND HAS DETERMINED TO BE NONTOXIC AND NONSMOG-FORMING. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DETERMINE THE ELIGIBILITY OF GRANT RECIPIENTS PURSUANT TO PUBLICLY AVAILABLE CRITERIA WITH CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO ENSURING AN EQUITABLE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. 3. (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE GRANTS AVAILABLE IN THE AMOUNT OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ANY ELIGIBLE DRY CLEANING OPERATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF A PROFESSIONAL DRY CLEANING SYSTEM THAT USES A NONTOXIC AND NONSMOG- FORMING PROCESS. (B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ENSURE THAT THE GRANT MONEYS PROVIDED PURSU- ANT TO THIS SECTION ARE AWARDED IN A MANNER THAT DIRECTLY REDUCES AIR CONTAMINANTS OR REDUCES THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISK ASSOCIATED WITH AIR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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