Assembly Bill A8965

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps

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  • 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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2019-A8965 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7189
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §71-2724, En Con L (as proposed in S.2139-B & A.2501-A)

2019-A8965 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps.

2019-A8965 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8965
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section  71-2724  of  the  environ-
 mental  conservation  law,  as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019,
 amending the environmental conservation law relating to the reduction of
 mercury in mercury-added lamps, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
 S. 2139-B and A. 2501-A, are amended to read as follows:
   1. Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any provision of
 or fails to perform any duty pursuant to  title  twenty-one  of  article
 twenty-seven  of this chapter, except subdivision one of section 27-2105
 [and subdivision eleven of section 27-2107] of this chapter, shall  upon
 the  first finding of such a violation be liable for a civil penalty not
 to exceed one hundred dollars. Any  person  convicted  of  a  second  or
 subsequent  violation  shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed
 five hundred dollars for each violation.
   2. Any person who knowingly or  intentionally  violates  or  fails  to
 perform  any  duty  imposed  by  subdivision  one of section 27-2105 [or
 subdivision eleven of section 27-2107] of this chapter  shall  upon  the
 first finding of such a violation be provided with educational materials
 describing  the  requirements  for  mercury  disposal and the effects of
 improper mercury disposal, and be warned that  future  violations  shall
 result  in  the  imposition  of a fine. Any person convicted of a second
 violation shall be liable for  a  civil  penalty  not  to  exceed  fifty
 dollars. Any person convicted of a third violation shall be liable for a
 civil  penalty  not to exceed seventy-five dollars. Any person convicted
 of a fourth or subsequent violation shall be liable for a civil  penalty
 not to exceed one hundred dollars for each violation.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws  of  2019,  amending  the  environmental
 conservation  law  relating to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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