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Senate Bill S8032

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires further source separation of certain waste in cities with a population of one million or more

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2025-S8032 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cities 1
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120-aa, Gen Muni L

2025-S8032 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires further source separation of certain waste which is eligible to be redeemed under the provisions of the environmental conservation law relating to beverages which are redeemable for cash in cities with a population of one million or more.

2025-S8032 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8032 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8032
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   further  source separation of waste in cities with a population of one
   million or more

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 120-aa of the general municipal law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THIS SECTION, NO LATER THAN THE  FIRST
 OF  SEPTEMBER  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE, EACH CITY WITH A POPULATION OF
 ONE MILLION OR MORE RESIDENTS SHALL ADOPT SUCH A LOCAL LAW OR  ORDINANCE
 TO  REQUIRE THAT SOLID WASTE WHICH HAS BEEN LEFT FOR COLLECTION SHALL BE
 SEPARATED NOT ONLY AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION, BUT THAT  SUCH
 WASTE  WHICH IS ELIGIBLE TO BE REDEEMED UNDER TITLE TEN OF ARTICLE TWEN-
 TY-SEVEN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW IS SEPARATED  FROM  OTHER
 RECYCLABLE, REUSABLE, OR OTHERWISE MARKETABLE COMPONENTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13126-01-5

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