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Senate Bill S8071

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to local solid waste management plans

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2019-S8071 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9684
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-0107, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6334, A5605

2019-S8071 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to local solid waste management plans; requires such plans to include methods to increase waste diversion.

2019-S8071 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8071 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8071
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 16, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- 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 local
   solid waste management plans
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision 1 of
 section 27-0107 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chap-
 ter 70 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) characterize the solid waste stream to be managed in the  planning
 period AND METHODS TO INCREASE WASTE DIVERSION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING;
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to local
 solid waste management plans issued on or after such date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14995-01-0

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