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                                   4115
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. COLTON, ABBATE, L. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, BARRON,
   WILLIAMS, J. RIVERA, THIELE,  GOTTFRIED,  DE LA ROSA,  EPSTEIN,  COOK,
   GLICK, HYNDMAN, FALL, FERNANDEZ, CRUZ, DeSTEFANO -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A.  SIMON, SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  city law, in relation to requiring the
   collection of recyclable materials  at  parks,  playgrounds,  historic
   sites and other recreational facilities in cities with a population of
   one  million or more; and to amend the environmental conservation law,
   in relation to providing state assistance therefor to municipalities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    The general city law is amended by adding a new section
 20-h to read as follows:
   § 20-H. COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE  MATERIALS; CERTAIN CITIES. 1.  EVERY
 CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF  ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL ESTABLISH AND
 IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM FOR THE COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS THAT  ARE
 DISCARDED  IN  CITY  PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, HISTORIC SITES AND OTHER RECRE-
 ATIONAL FACILITIES. SUCH RECYCLABLE MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE
 LIMITED  TO,  METAL,  PLASTIC, GLASS AND PAPER. IN EACH SUCH PARK, PLAY-
 GROUND, HISTORIC SITE AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITY  SUCH  CITY  SHALL
 INSTALL  BINS  FOR  THE  COLLECTION  OF  RECYCLABLE  MATERIALS. THE CITY
 DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION SHALL REGULARLY COLLECT  AND  PROVIDE  FOR  THE
 RECYCLING OF THE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS COLLECTED.
   2.  THE  CITY  SHALL POST SIGNS IN THOSE PORTIONS OF CITY PARKS, PLAY-
 GROUNDS, HISTORIC SITES AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, WHICH DO  NOT
 HAVE  TRASH  RECEPTACLES,  STATING  "PLEASE  TAKE ANY TRASH YOU GENERATE
 WHILE UPON THIS FACILITY WITH YOU FOR DISPOSAL WHEN YOU  REACH  A  TRASH
 RECEPTACLE."
   3.  EVERY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE WHICH ESTAB-
 LISHES AND IMPLEMENTS A RECYCLABLES RECOVERY PROGRAM PURSUANT TO  SUBDI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD03191-01-1

 A. 4115                             2
 
 VISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR STATE ASSIST-
 ANCE FOR  A  RECYCLING  PROJECT  PURSUANT  TO  TITLE  SEVEN  OF  ARTICLE
 FIFTY-FOUR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
   §  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 54-0701 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 146 of the laws of 2000, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   3.  "Recyclables  recovery  program"  means  a program undertaken by a
 municipality consistent with requirements of section one  hundred  twen-
 ty-aa of the general municipal law AND/OR SECTION TWENTY-H OF THE GENER-
 AL CITY LAW to provide for the environmentally sound recovery of recycl-
 ables, primarily involving the collection, aggregation and processing of
 recyclable  materials for their use as raw materials for new products or
 for other useful purposes other than for energy recovery, through facil-
 ities  planned,  designed  and  constructed  to   ensure   environmental
 protection  and  to  maximize  the potential for recyclables recovery. A
 recyclables recovery program also shall mean planning,  educational  and
 promotional activities to increase public awareness of and participation
 in  recycling. Such program shall have been approved by the commissioner
 and undertaken consistent with any local  solid  waste  management  plan
 pursuant to section 27-0107 of this chapter.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.