Assembly Bill A8720

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the responsibility of the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on glass collection, processing and recycling

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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-A8720 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7763
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1 & 2, Chap of 2021 (as proposed in S.4094 & A.6333)

2021-A8720 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the responsibility of the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on glass collection, processing and recycling; requires a report to be provided on or before 12/31/2023.

2021-A8720 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8720
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021 relating to directing  the
   department  of environmental conservation to study alternative munici-
   pal uses for recycled glass, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers
   A.    6333  and  S.  4094,  in relation to conducting a study on glass
   collection, processing and recycling
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Sections 1 and 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2021 relating
 to directing the  department  of  environmental  conservation  to  study
 alternative  municipal  uses for recycled glass, as proposed in legisla-
 tive bills numbers A. 6333 and S. 4094, are amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. The department of environmental conservation[, in consulta-
 tion with the department of transportation,] shall conduct  a  study  on
 [alternative  municipal uses for recycled glass] GLASS COLLECTION, PROC-
 ESSING, AND RECYCLING including, but not limited to, [the use of crushed
 glass in asphalt, concrete, drainage,  roadway  subgrade,  and  for  the
 purposes  of  beach  nourishment]  POTENTIAL  MARKETS  FOR  GLASS, WASTE
 REDUCTION, AND PRODUCT SUBSTITUTIONS.
   § 2. The department of environmental conservation shall issue a report
 containing the findings of the study [to the temporary president of  the
 senate,  the  speaker  of the assembly, the chair of the senate environ-
 mental conservation committee, and the chair of  the  assembly  environ-
 mental conservation committee no later than one year after the effective
 date  of  this  act  and  shall submit with this report such legislative
 proposals as it deems necessary to implement its  recommendations.  Such
 report  shall  also  be  published  on  such department's website] ON OR
 BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2023. THE REPORT SHALL BE POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S
 WEBSITE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a  chapter  of  the  laws  of 2021 relating to directing the
 department of environmental conservation to study alternative  municipal
 uses  for  recycled  glass,  as proposed in legislative bills numbers A.
 6333 and S. 4094, takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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