Bill Text: NY A04040 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner to implement a recycling program for all state-owned and state-leased properties; requires incentives for adherence and annual reporting to the governor and legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A04040 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04040-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4040
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 31, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, JAFFEE, ZEBROWSKI, COLTON,
          ARROYO, SCHIMMINGER, L. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.
          CAHILL, GLICK, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT  to  amend the public lands law, in relation to recycling on all
          state-owned and state-leased real property
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public lands law is amended by adding a new section 3-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3-a. State-owned real property recycling management program.  1. The
     4  commissioner  of  general services is authorized and directed to coordi-
     5  nate and implement a recycling management program on all state-owned and
     6  state-leased real property holdings, consistent with the recommendations
     7  for implementation provided by the waste reduction and recycling program
     8  and the waste prevention assistance program, as provided in sections two
     9  hundred sixty-three and two hundred  sixty-four,  respectively,  of  the
    10  economic  development  law. Such program shall be implemented within six
    11  months of the effective date of this section.
    12    2. All other departments or agencies  of  the  state  or  subdivisions
    13  thereof  occupying such state-owned or state-leased properties shall, at
    14  the request of the commissioner, or his or  her  designee,  provide  the
    15  office  of  general  services  with  such assistance as will enable such
    16  office to carry out its duties under this section.
    17    3. The commissioner shall develop incentive initiatives  to  encourage
    18  adherence to the program by the departments and agencies of the state or
    19  subdivisions thereof occupying such properties.
    20    4.  The  requirements  of  the  recycling  management program shall be
    21  included in all new and renewal lease-hold agreements  entered  into  by
    22  the office on and after the implementation of such program.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07131-01-9
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     1    5. On or before January first, two thousand twenty, and annually ther-
     2  eafter,  the  commissioner shall report to the governor and the legisla-
     3  ture on the program including, but not limited to,  recommendations  for
     4  increased  efficiency in the implementation and incentives for adherence
     5  to the program.
     6    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
     7  have become a law.