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Assembly Bill A5934

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires solid waste carting company containers used at curbside to have reflective material

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2019-A5934 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §392-k, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2926
2011-2012: A3866
2013-2014: A3656
2015-2016: A2760
2017-2018: A7259

2019-A5934 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires solid waste carting company containers used at curbside to have a minimum of 72 contiguous square inches of reflective material affixed thereto; provides for a civil penalty of up to $1000 for violations.

2019-A5934 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5934
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   reflective material on carting company containers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 392-k to read as follows:
   § 392-K. CARTING COMPANY CONTAINERS. 1. ALL SOLID WASTE CARTING COMPA-
 NY CONTAINERS FOR USE AT CURBSIDE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE  TWO
 YARD,  FOUR  YARD, SIX YARD AND EIGHT YARD BUCKET LOAD TYPE, AND THE TEN
 YARD, TWENTY YARD, THIRTY YARD AND FORTY YARD ROLL-OFF TYPE, SHALL  HAVE
 A  MINIMUM  OF SEVENTY-TWO CONTIGUOUS SQUARE INCHES OF HIGHLY REFLECTIVE
 MATERIAL AFFIXED TO EACH SIDE AND END OF THE CONTAINER AT A HEIGHT WHICH
 MAXIMIZES VISIBILITY TO AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS  WHEN  REFLECTED  FROM  THEIR
 HEADLIGHTS.  ROLL-OFF  CONTAINERS  SHALL  HAVE TWO DISPERSED SEVENTY-TWO
 SQUARE INCH PATCHES OF SUCH REFLECTIVE  MATERIAL  AFFIXED  TO  THE  LONG
 SIDES OF THIS TYPE CONTAINER.
   2. ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION BY A CARTING COMPANY SHALL BE PUNISH-
 ABLE BY A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09873-01-9

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