Bill Text: NY S02919 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the state from purchasing paper products that are non-recyclable.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S02919 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02919-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2919
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens. STEWART-COUSINS, ADAMS, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER,
         MONTGOMERY, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER, SERRANO --  read  twice  and  ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
       AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to prohibiting the
         state from purchasing paper products that are non-recyclable
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
    2  169 to read as follows:
    3    S 169. PURCHASING RESTRICTIONS FOR NON-RECYCLABLE PAPER  PRODUCTS.  1.
    4  DEFINITION.  "NON-RECYCLABLE" SHALL MEAN MATERIAL THAT CANNOT BE SORTED,
    5  CLEANSED AND RECONSTITUTED USING AVAILABLE RECYCLING COLLECTION PROGRAMS
    6  FOR THE PURPOSE OF USING THE ALTERED FORM IN THE MANUFACTURE  OF  A  NEW
    7  PRODUCT.  RECYCLING  DOES NOT INCLUDE BURNING, INCINERATING, CONVERTING,
    8  OR OTHERWISE THERMALLY DESTROYING SOLID WASTE.
    9    2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF NON-RECYCLABLE PAPER PRODUCTS. THE STATE
   10  AND ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR  PUBLIC  BENEFIT
   11  CORPORATION  OF  THE  STATE  SHALL NOT PURCHASE OR OBTAIN NON-RECYCLABLE
   12  PAPER PRODUCTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  GOLDENROD  PAPERS  COATED
   13  WITH  A  DYE  FOUND  ON  MASKING PAPER COMMONLY USED FOR INTEROFFICE AND
   14  MAILING ENVELOPES, AND KRAFT  STATIONERY  AND  PAPER  PRODUCTS,  PRINTER
   15  PAPER,  XEROGRAPHIC  PAPER,  STATIONERY,  LETTERHEAD, NOTEPADS, BUSINESS
   16  CARDS OR ENVELOPES.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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