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Senate Bill S8307

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes municipalities to adopt local laws requiring the use of in vessel composting

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2025-S8307 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §99-aa, Gen Muni L

2025-S8307 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes municipalities to adopt local laws requiring the use of in vessel composting for the disposal of organic waste that is generated from a residence.

2025-S8307 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8307 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8307
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEIK  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  authorizing
   municipalities  to  adopt  local  laws  requiring the use of in vessel
   composting

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
 section 99-aa to read as follows:
   § 99-AA. IN VESSEL COMPOSTING. A MUNICIPALITY MAY ADOPT  A  LOCAL  LAW
 REQUIRING  THE  USE  OF IN VESSEL COMPOSTING FOR THE DISPOSAL OF ORGANIC
 WASTE THAT IS GENERATED FROM A  RESIDENCE.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  "IN  VESSEL  COMPOSTING" SHALL MEAN A PROCESS IN WHICH ORGANIC
 WASTE IS ENCLOSED IN A  DRUM,  SILO,  BIN,  TUNNEL,  REACTOR,  OR  OTHER
 CONTAINER  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  PRODUCING  COMPOST,  MAINTAINED  UNDER
 CONTROLLED CONDITIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE  AND  WHERE  AIR-BORNE
 EMISSIONS  ARE  CONTROLLED,  AND "ORGANIC WASTE" SHALL MEAN ANY MATERIAL
 FOUND IN THE WASTE STREAM THAT CAN BE BROKEN  DOWN  INTO,  OR  OTHERWISE
 BECOME  PART  OF, USABLE COMPOST, SUCH AS FOOD SCRAPS, SOILED PAPER, AND
 PLANT TRIMMINGS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13235-01-5

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