Senate Bill S6955

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes a postconsumer paint collection program

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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-S6955 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8964
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§27-2001, 27-2003 & 27-2005, En Con L (as proposed in S.4351 & A.6373)

2019-S6955 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a postconsumer paint collection program; requires producers of architectural paint sold at retail in the state or a representative organization to submit a plan to the department of environmental conservation for the establishment of a postconsumer paint collection program; prohibits a producer or retailer from selling architectural paint in the state unless the producer or producer's representative organization is implementing an approved program plan.

2019-S6955 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6955 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6955
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   postconsumer paint collection
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 5, 8, and 9 of section 27-2001 of the environ-
 mental conservation law, as added by a chapter  of  the  laws  of  2019,
 amending  the  environmental conservation law relating to establishing a
 postconsumer paint collection program, as proposed in legislative  bills
 numbers S.4351 and A.6373, are amended to read as follows:
   5.  "postconsumer  paint"  means  architectural  paint not used and no
 longer wanted by a [purchaser] CONSUMER.
   8. "recycling" means a process by which discarded products, components
 and by-products are transformed into new usable or marketable  materials
 in  a  manner  in  which  the original products may lose their identity.
 This term excludes thermal treatment or the use of [waste]  POSTCONSUMER
 PAINT as a fuel substitute or for energy production.
   9.  "representative  organization" means a not-for-profit organization
 established by [a producer]  PRODUCERS  to  implement  the  postconsumer
 paint collection program.
   §  2. Subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 12, and 13 of section 27-2003 of the envi-
 ronmental conservation law, as added by a chapter of the laws  of  2019,
 amending  the  environmental conservation law relating to establishing a
 postconsumer paint collection program, as proposed in legislative  bills
 numbers S.4351 and A.6373, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  No  later than July first, two thousand twenty, a producer, either
 individually or cooperatively, or a  representative  organization  shall
 submit to the [commissioner] DEPARTMENT for the [commissioner's] DEPART-
 MENT'S  approval  a  plan  for the establishment of a postconsumer paint
 collection program.  Such plan shall be accompanied by  a  fee  of  five
 thousand  dollars for an individual producer or, in the case of a repre-
 sentative organization or producers acting collectively, a  fee  of  ten
 thousand dollars. The program will minimize public sector involvement in
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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