STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3249--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 2, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, RAGA, SEAWRIGHT, CUNNINGHAM, DICKENS, CRUZ, GUNTHER, ZINERMAN, GIBBS, LEVENBERG, KELLES, BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing compost- ing programs at state university of New York and city university of New York campuses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 22 to read as follows: 3 22. The state university trustees shall adopt a policy requiring that 4 each institution of the state university of New York collaborate with 5 students, faculty and staff to encourage campuses to establish compost- 6 ing programs. Compostable waste may include, but shall not be limited 7 to, food scraps, plant trimmings, food soiled paper, and certified 8 compostable products. In establishing such a policy, the trustees shall 9 consider the following: 10 a. providing information and signage related to the proper methods for 11 separating compostable waste; 12 b. the availability of services for collecting and transporting 13 compostable waste; 14 c. an evaluation of the effectiveness of campuses' composting 15 programs; and 16 d. benchmarks for assessing progress. 17 § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new 18 subdivision 23 to read as follows: 19 23. The board of trustees shall adopt a policy requiring that each 20 institution of the city university of New York collaborate with EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04748-02-4A. 3249--A 2 1 students, faculty and staff to encourage campuses to establish compost- 2 ing programs. Compostable waste may include, but shall not be limited 3 to, food scraps, plant trimmings, food soiled paper, and certified 4 compostable products. In establishing such a policy, the trustees shall 5 consider the following: 6 a. providing information and signage related to the proper methods 7 for separating compostable waste; 8 b. the availability of services for collecting and transporting 9 compostable waste; 10 c. an evaluation of the effectiveness of campuses' composting 11 programs; and 12 d. benchmarks for assessing progress. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 14 have become a law.