Senate Bill S7722

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to returnable beverage containers; repealer

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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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2025-S7722 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §27-1007 sub 11, amd En Con L, generally

2025-S7722 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to returnable beverage containers; amends certain definitions relating thereto; repeals a certain provision of law relating thereto; provides that a dealer whose place of business is less than ten thousand square feet and whose primary business is the sale of food or beverages for consumption off-premises may obtain an exemption from the obligation to accept empty beverage containers for redemption under certain conditions

2025-S7722 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7722 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7722
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. C. RYAN -- 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
   returnable  beverage  containers;  and repealing certain provisions of
   such law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  9  of  section  27-1003 of the environmental
 conservation law, as amended by section 3 of part SS of  chapter  59  of
 the  laws  of 2009, is amended and a new subdivision 14 is added to read
 as follows:
   9. "Redemption center" means any person [offering] IN COMPLIANCE  WITH
 SECTION  27-1013 OF THIS TITLE WHO IS NOT A DEALER AND OFFERS to pay the
 refund value of an empty beverage  container  to  a  redeemer,  or  [any
 person]  who  contracts  with  one  or  more  dealers or distributors to
 collect, sort and obtain the refund value  and  handling  fee  of  empty
 beverage  containers  for,  or  on behalf of, such dealer or distributor
 [under the provisions of section 27-1013 of this title].
   14. "COMMINGLING" MEANS  THE  SORTING  OF  BEVERAGE  CONTAINERS  AT  A
 REDEMPTION  CENTER  BY  SIZE  AND  MATERIAL  TYPE RATHER THAN BY DEPOSIT
 INITIATOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN APPROVED COMMINGLING
 AGREEMENT.
   § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of  section  27-1003  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law,  as  amended by section 2 of part SS of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   1. "Beverage" means  carbonated  soft  drinks,  [water]  NONCARBONATED
 DRINKS,  beer,  other  malt  beverages  and a wine product as defined in
 subdivision thirty-six-a of section  three  of  the  alcoholic  beverage
 control  law.    "NONCARBONATED  DRINKS"  MEANS ANY NONCARBONATED LIQUID
 INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION EXCLUDING "SPIRITS" AND "WINE" AS DEFINED
 IN SUBDIVISIONS TWENTY-NINE AND THIRTY-SIX OF SECTION THREE OF THE ALCO-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11876-01-5
              

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