Bill Text: NY A01231 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the use of waste tire management and recycling fee funds; directs certain funds to be used by the department of economic development for funding demonstration projects relating to reuse in agricultural settings and for conducting analysis of waste tire reuse opportunities.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to environmental conservation [A01231 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01231-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1231

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 7, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON,  OTIS,  GOTTFRIED, BLANKENBUSH,
          SAYEGH, EPSTEIN, PICHARDO, JONES, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. GRIFFIN, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Envi-
          ronmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
          use of waste tire management and recycling fee funds

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  27-1915 of the environmental
     2  conservation law, as added by section 3 of part V1 of chapter 62 of  the
     3  laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     4    2. costs of the department of economic development for the following:
     5    (a)  conducting  an  updated market analysis of outlets for waste tire
     6  utilization including recycling and energy recovery opportunities;
     7    (b) establishment of a program  to  provide  funds  to  businesses  to
     8  develop technology that leads to increased markets for waste tires;
     9    (c)  funding of demonstration projects, including, but not limited to,
    10  reuse in agricultural settings; [and]
    11    (d) administration of requirements of this section; and
    12    (e) conducting an analysis of waste tire reuse opportunities.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    14  have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00608-01-1