S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3287
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 30, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sens. THOMAS, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
declaring the goal of the state of New York to source reduce, reuse,
recycle, or compost no less than eighty-five percent of the solid
waste generated by the year 2033
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
new section 27-0102 to read as follows:
§ 27-0102. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY DECLARES THAT IT SHALL BE A GOAL OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK TO SOURCE REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE, OR COMPOST NO LESS THAN
EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE SOLID WASTE GENERATED BY THE YEAR TWO THOU-
SAND THIRTY-THREE, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 3-0301 of the environmental conservation
law is amended by adding a new paragraph oo to read as follows:
OO. ADVISE AND COOPERATE WITH PLANNING UNITS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
27-0107 OF THIS CHAPTER, TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF SECTION 27-0102 OF THIS
CHAPTER.
§ 3. No later than January 1, 2026, the department of environmental
conservation shall submit a report to the governor and the legislature
outlining strategies to achieve the state's goal pursuant to section
27-0102 of the environmental conservation law.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08203-01-3