Bill Text: NY A03647 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a distinctive "New York recycles" license plate, with the proceeds from the additional $25 annual service charge therefor to be deposited into the solid waste account of the environmental protection fund for municipal waste reduction or recycling projects.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to transportation [A03647 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A03647-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3647 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, SOLAGES, GALEF, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, J. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law, in relation to establishing a distinctive "New York recycles" license plate The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new 2 section 404-ff to read as follows: 3 § 404-ff. Distinctive "New York recycles" license plates. 1. Any 4 person residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinc- 5 tive "New York recycles" license plate of a design developed and 6 approved by the commissioner, in cooperation with the New York State 7 Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling. Application for such 8 license shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as 9 the commissioner shall prescribe. 10 2. A distinctive "New York recycles" license plate issued pursuant to 11 this section shall be issued in the same manner as other number plates 12 upon the payment of the regular registration fee prescribed by section 13 four hundred one of this article, provided, however, that an additional 14 annual service charge of twenty-five dollars shall be charged for such 15 plate. Each twenty-five dollars received as an annual service charge 16 under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the solid waste 17 account of the environmental protection fund established pursuant to 18 section ninety-two-s of the state finance law and shall be used for 19 municipal waste reduction or recycling projects, pursuant to title seven 20 of article fifty-four of the environmental conservation law. Provided, 21 however, that one year after the effective date of this section, funds 22 in the amount of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be 23 available, shall be allocated from such fund to the department to offset EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02499-01-1A. 3647 2 1 costs associated with the production of such license plates except that 2 no such funds shall be so allocated if the department has received funds 3 for such purpose from the New York State Association for Reduction, 4 Reuse and Recycling. 5 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 92-s of the state finance law, as 6 amended by section 3 of part PP of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is 7 amended to read as follows: 8 3. Such fund shall consist of the amount of revenue collected within 9 the state from the amount of revenue, interest and penalties deposited 10 pursuant to section fourteen hundred twenty-one of the tax law, the 11 amount of fees and penalties received from easements or leases pursuant 12 to subdivision fourteen of section seventy-five of the public lands law 13 and the money received as annual service charges pursuant to section 14 four hundred four-n of the vehicle and traffic law, all moneys required 15 to be deposited therein from the contingency reserve fund pursuant to 16 section two hundred ninety-four of chapter fifty-seven of the laws of 17 nineteen hundred ninety-three, the money received as additional annual 18 service charges pursuant to section four hundred four-ff of the vehicle 19 and traffic law (the entirety of which shall be deposited to the credit 20 of the solid waste account), all moneys required to be deposited pursu- 21 ant to section thirteen of chapter six hundred ten of the laws of nine- 22 teen hundred ninety-three, repayments of loans made pursuant to section 23 54-0511 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys to be deposit- 24 ed from the Northville settlement pursuant to section one hundred twen- 25 ty-four of chapter three hundred nine of the laws of nineteen hundred 26 ninety-six, provided however, that such moneys shall only be used for 27 the cost of the purchase of private lands in the core area of the 28 central Suffolk pine barrens pursuant to a consent order with the North- 29 ville industries signed on October thirteenth, nineteen hundred ninety- 30 four and the related resource restoration and replacement plan, the 31 amount of penalties required to be deposited therein by section 71-2724 32 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys required to be depos- 33 ited pursuant to article thirty-three of the environmental conservation 34 law, all fees collected pursuant to subdivision eight of section 70-0117 35 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys collected pursuant to 36 title thirty-three of article fifteen of the environmental conservation 37 law, beginning with the fiscal year commencing on April first, two thou- 38 sand thirteen, nineteen million dollars, and all fiscal years thereaft- 39 er, twenty-three million dollars plus all funds received by the state 40 each fiscal year in excess of the greater of the amount received from 41 April first, two thousand twelve through March thirty-first, two thou- 42 sand thirteen or one hundred twenty-two million two hundred thousand 43 dollars, from the payments collected pursuant to subdivision four of 44 section 27-1012 of the environmental conservation law and all funds 45 collected pursuant to section 27-1015 of the environmental conservation 46 law, all moneys required to be deposited pursuant to sections 27-2805 47 and 27-2807 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys collected 48 pursuant to section 71-2730 of the environmental conservation law, and 49 all other moneys credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or 50 source pursuant to law. All such revenue shall be initially deposited 51 into the environmental protection fund, for application as provided in 52 subdivision five of this section. 53 § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 6 of section 92-s of the state 54 finance law, as amended by section 3 of part U of chapter 58 of the laws 55 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:A. 3647 3 1 (b) Moneys from the solid waste account shall be available, pursuant 2 to appropriation and upon certificate of approval of availability by the 3 director of the budget, for any non-hazardous municipal landfill closure 4 project; municipal waste reduction or recycling project, as defined in 5 article fifty-four of the environmental conservation law; for the 6 purposes of section two hundred sixty-one and section two hundred 7 sixty-four of the economic development law; any project for the develop- 8 ment, updating or revision of local solid waste management plans pursu- 9 ant to sections 27-0107 and 27-0109 of the environmental conservation 10 law; environmental justice projects and grants and for the development 11 of the pesticide sales and use data base pursuant to title twelve of 12 article thirty-three of the environmental conservation law; provided, 13 however, that moneys credited to such account from the money received as 14 additional annual service charges pursuant to section four hundred four- 15 ff of the vehicle and traffic law shall be made available exclusively 16 for municipal waste reduction or recycling projects pursuant to title 17 seven of article fifty-four of the environmental conservation law. 18 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
