Bill Text: NY S04084 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to collect discarded recyclable materials at parks, historic sites and recreational facilities.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-09-13 - SIGNED CHAP.312 [S04084 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4084
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 3, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
          Parks and Recreation
        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
          relation  to requiring the collection of recyclable materials at state
          parks, state historic sites  and  state  recreational  facilities;  to
          amend  the  general  municipal law, in relation to encouraging munici-
          palities to establish and implement programs  for  the  collection  of
          recyclable materials that are discarded in parks, playgrounds, histor-
          ic  sites and other recreational facilities; and to amend the environ-
          mental conservation law, in relation  to  providing  state  assistance
          therefor to municipalities
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic  preser-
     2  vation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 23 to read as follows:
     3    23.  (a)  Establish  and  implement  a  program  for the collection of
     4  recyclable materials that are discarded in state parks,  state  historic
     5  sites  and  state  recreational  facilities.   Such recyclable materials
     6  shall include, but not be limited to, metal, plastic, glass  and  paper.
     7  In  each  such  park, historic site and recreational facility the office
     8  shall install bins for  the  collection  of  recyclable  materials.  The
     9  office  shall  regularly  collect  and  provide for the recycling of the
    10  recyclable materials collected.
    11    (b) Post signs in those portions of state parks, state historic  sites
    12  and  state recreational facilities, which do not have trash receptacles,
    13  stating "Please take any trash you generate  while  upon  this  facility
    14  with you for disposal when you reach a trash receptacle."
    15    §  2.  The  general  municipal  law is amended by adding a new section
    16  120-dd to read as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03075-03-7
        S. 4084                             2
     1    § 120-dd. Collection of recyclable material in parks. 1. Each  munici-
     2  pality  is  encouraged to establish and implement a recyclables recovery
     3  program for the collection of recyclable materials that are discarded in
     4  municipal parks, playgrounds,  historic  sites  and  other  recreational
     5  facilities.  Such recyclable materials shall include, but not be limited
     6  to, metal, plastic, glass and paper.
     7    2. Any municipality electing to establish and implement a  recyclables
     8  recovery  program  pursuant  to subdivision one of this section shall be
     9  eligible to apply for state assistance for a recycling project  pursuant
    10  to  title  seven of article fifty-four of the environmental conservation
    11  law.
    12    3. Each municipality is encouraged to post signs in those portions  of
    13  parks,  playgrounds,  historic  sites and other recreational facilities,
    14  which do not have trash receptacles, stating "Please take any trash  you
    15  generate  while  upon  this facility with you to be disposed of when you
    16  reach a trash receptacle."
    17    § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 54-0701 of the  environmental  conserva-
    18  tion  law,  as amended by chapter 146 of the laws of 2000, is amended to
    19  read as follows:
    20    3. "Recyclables recovery program" means  a  program  undertaken  by  a
    21  municipality  consistent  with  requirements  of  [section] sections one
    22  hundred twenty-aa and/or one hundred twenty-dd of the general  municipal
    23  law  to  provide  for the environmentally sound recovery of recyclables,
    24  primarily  involving  the  collection,  aggregation  and  processing  of
    25  recyclable  materials for their use as raw materials for new products or
    26  for other useful purposes other than for energy recovery, through facil-
    27  ities  planned,  designed  and  constructed  to   ensure   environmental
    28  protection  and  to  maximize  the potential for recyclables recovery. A
    29  recyclables recovery program also shall mean planning,  educational  and
    30  promotional activities to increase public awareness of and participation
    31  in  recycling. Such program shall have been approved by the commissioner
    32  and undertaken consistent with any local  solid  waste  management  plan
    33  pursuant to section 27-0107 of this chapter.
    34    §  4.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    35  have become a law.