Bill Text: NY A01598 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to recycling electronic cigarettes; requires electronic cigarette manufacturers to submit plans regarding the collection, transportation and recycling of electronic cigarettes to the commissioner of environmental conservation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A01598 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01598-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1598

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 17, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to recy-
          cling electronic cigarettes

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

     1    Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended
     2  by adding a new title 34 to read as follows:
     3                                  TITLE 34
     4                       ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE RECYCLING
     5  Section 27-3401. Return of electronic cigarettes for recycling.
     6  § 27-3401. Return of electronic cigarettes for recycling.
     7    1.  Manufacturers  of electronic cigarettes shall accept the return of
     8  such devices for recycling by vapor product dealers registered  pursuant
     9  to  article  twenty-eight-C  of the tax law. Vapor product dealers shall
    10  accept the return of any used electronic cigarettes for recycling.
    11    2. Electronic cigarette manufacturers which import for profit, sell or
    12  offer electronic cigarettes for sale in this state shall be  responsible
    13  for, at a minimum, the following:
    14    a. Within ninety days of the effective date of this title, submittance
    15  to  the commissioner of a plan that identifies the methods by which such
    16  manufacturers will safely collect and recycle electronic cigarettes  and
    17  the lithium-ion batteries contained therein.
    18    b.  Submittance  to  the  department  of  annual  reports,  on  a form
    19  prescribed by the department, concerning the amount of electronic  ciga-
    20  rettes  received  within  the  state and recycled either by number or by
    21  weight; the costs of such efforts; and any other relevant information as
    22  required by the department.
    23    c. Undertaking of efforts to educate consumers regarding the appropri-
    24  ate ways to recycle electronic cigarettes.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05769-01-3
        A. 1598                             2

     1    3. The commissioner shall approve or reject any  electronic  cigarette
     2  manufacturer's collection, transportation, and recycling plans described
     3  in  paragraph a of subdivision two of this section within ninety days of
     4  submission and, if rejected, inform the electronic cigarette manufactur-
     5  er  in writing as to any deficiencies in said plan. Electronic cigarette
     6  manufacturers shall amend and resubmit any rejected plans for  reconsid-
     7  eration within sixty days of notification of the rejection of said plan.
     8  The commissioner shall approve or reject said plan within thirty days of
     9  resubmission.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    11  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    12  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    13  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    14  completed on or before such effective date.