Senate Bill S984

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes state and municipal composting programs

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee


  • 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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2023-S984 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2467
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 27 Title 34 §27-3401, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5843, A6664
2021-2022: S5029, A3345

2023-S984 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes state and municipal composting programs; requires all state and municipal agencies to establish a composting program in buildings owned, occupied or operated by such agencies; allows such agencies to arrange for collection of compostable waste by a private carter, transport such waste itself or process such waste on-site; requires reports on the costs and effectiveness of such programs.

2023-S984 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S984 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    984
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, BRISPORT -- 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
   establishing state and municipal composting programs

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new title 34 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 34
                  STATE AND MUNICIPAL COMPOSTING PROGRAMS
 SECTION 27-3401. STATE AND MUNICIPAL COMPOSTING PROGRAMS.
 § 27-3401. STATE AND MUNICIPAL COMPOSTING PROGRAMS.
   1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "AGENCY"  MEANS  ANY  DEPARTMENT,  AGENCY,  BOARD, PUBLIC BENEFIT
 CORPORATION, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR COMMISSION;
   (B) "COMPOSTABLE" MEANS ALL THE MATERIALS  IN  THE  PRODUCT  WILL  (I)
 UNDERGO  DEGRADATION  BY BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES DURING COMPOSTING TO YIELD
 CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER,  INORGANIC  COMPOUNDS,  AND  BIOMASS  AT  A  RATE
 CONSISTENT  WITH  OTHER  KNOWN  COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS; AND (II) LEAVE NO
 VISIBLE, DISTINGUISHABLE OR TOXIC RESIDUE, INCLUDING NO  ADVERSE  IMPACT
 ON  THE  ABILITY  OF  COMPOSTS TO SUPPORT PLANT GROWTH ONCE THE FINISHED
 COMPOST IS PLACED IN SOIL; AND
   (C) "MUNICIPAL" MEANS A VILLAGE, TOWN, CITY, OR COUNTY.
   2. BEGINNING ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS  SECTION,  ALL
 STATE  AND  MUNICIPAL  AGENCIES  SHALL ESTABLISH A COMPOSTING PROGRAM IN
 BUILDINGS OWNED, OCCUPIED OR OPERATED BY SUCH AGENCIES THAT SHALL, AT  A
 MINIMUM:
   (A)  REQUIRE  THAT  ALL COMPOSTABLE WASTE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 FOOD SCRAPS, PLANT TRIMMINGS, FOOD-SOILED PAPER AND CERTIFIED  COMPOSTA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00491-02-3
              

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