Senate Bill S1103A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the bottle redemption fraud task force

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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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2021-S1103 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10390
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7821
2023-2024: S3419, A2603

2021-S1103 - Summary

Establishes the bottle redemption fraud task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on the fraud, enforcement, and reporting requirements related to the New York state returnable container act.

2021-S1103 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1103 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1103
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to establish the bottle redemption fraud task force; and  provid-
   ing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The legislature hereby establishes  the  bottle  redemption
 fraud  task  force  (referred  to  hereinafter  as  the "task force") to
 conduct a comprehensive study of the fraud, enforcement,  and  reporting
 requirements related to the New York state returnable container act.
   §  2.  (a) Such task force shall consist of nine members that shall be
 appointed as follows:  the state attorney general or  his/her  designee;
 the  commissioner  of  the department of taxation and finance or his/her
 designee; the commissioner of the department of environmental  conserva-
 tion or his/her designee; the state comptroller or his/her designee; one
 member  shall  be appointed by the district attorneys association of the
 state of New York; one member shall be appointed by the temporary presi-
 dent of the senate and one member shall be appointed by the  speaker  of
 the  assembly,  one shall be an individual who represents a municipality
 and one shall be an individual who represents a deposit  initiator;  and
 two members shall be appointed by the governor.
   (b) The task force shall be chaired by the attorney general or his/her
 designee thereof.
   (c)  Members of the task force shall receive no compensation for their
 services but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses  incurred  in
 the performance of their duties in the work of the task force.
   (d)  Appointed  members shall, to the greatest extent practicable have
 by education or experience, knowledge of organized retail theft.
   (e) The task force is authorized to audit any reverse vending machine.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01249-01-1

              

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2021-S1103A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10390
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7821
2023-2024: S3419, A2603

2021-S1103A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the bottle redemption fraud task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on the fraud, enforcement, and reporting requirements related to the New York state returnable container act.

2021-S1103A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1103A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1103--A
     Cal. No. 239
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  KAMINSKY, HARCKHAM, MAY -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
   mental Conservation -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered
   to first and second report, ordered to a third  reading,  amended  and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT to establish the bottle redemption fraud task force; and provid-
   ing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  legislature hereby establishes the bottle redemption
 fraud task force (referred  to  hereinafter  as  the  "task  force")  to
 conduct  a  comprehensive study of the fraud, enforcement, and reporting
 requirements related to the New York state returnable container act.
   § 2. (a) Such task force shall consist of fifteen members  that  shall
 be  appointed  as follows:  the state attorney general or his/her desig-
 nee; the commissioner of the  department  of  taxation  and  finance  or
 his/her  designee;  the  commissioner of the department of environmental
 conservation or his/her  designee;  the  state  comptroller  or  his/her
 designee;  the  chairman of the state liquor authority or his/her desig-
 nee; the commissioner of the department of agriculture  and  markets  or
 his/her  designee;  one member shall be appointed by the district attor-
 neys association of  the  state  of  New  York;  two  members  shall  be
 appointed by the temporary president of the senate and two members shall
 be  appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one shall be an individual
 who represents a municipality, one shall be an individual who represents
 a deposit initiator, one shall be an individual who represents a redemp-
 tion center, and one shall be an individual who represents  a  wholesale
 distributor;  and  four  members shall be appointed by the governor, one
 shall be an individual who represents a deposit initiator and one  shall
 be an individual who represents a retailer.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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