Assembly Bill A8300

Vetoed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows a municipality to offset costs for municipal recycling projects by applying for additional funding without limiting the availability of state funding

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A8300 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9330
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §54-0701, En Con L

2021-A8300 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows a municipality to offset costs for municipal recycling projects by applying for additional funding without limiting the availability of state funding.

2021-A8300 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8300
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. McDONALD, FAHY -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   allowing  a  municipality  to  offset  costs  for  municipal recycling
   projects by applying  for  additional  funding  without  limiting  the
   availability of state funding
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1  of  section  54-0701  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law,  as amended by section 15 of part SS of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   1. "Cost" means the capital cost  of  a  municipal  recycling  project
 including  engineering  and  architectural  services, surveys, plans and
 specifications; consultant and legal services; lands  acquired  pursuant
 to  the conditions set forth in section 54-0709 of this title, and other
 direct capital expenses incident to such a project[,  less  any  federal
 assistance or other assistance received or to be received]. "Cost" shall
 also include the capital, planning and promotional costs associated with
 waste reduction projects, the costs related to household hazardous waste
 collection  and  disposal  programs,  and the costs related to planning,
 educational and promotional activities  associated  with  a  recyclables
 recovery  program.  "Cost" shall also include beverage container assist-
 ance program grants to municipalities and  not-for-profit  organizations
 pursuant  to  section 27-1018 of this chapter. Provided, however, "cost"
 shall exclude any cost incurred prior to April first,  nineteen  hundred
 ninety-three,  and  shall  further  exclude  costs  related to planning,
 educational and promotional activities  associated  with  a  recyclables
 recovery program incurred prior to April first, two thousand.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13175-01-1

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