Bill Text: NY A06740 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner to implement a recycling program for all state-owned and state-leased properties; requires incentives for adherence and annual reporting to the governor and legislature.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-07-11 - enacting clause stricken [A06740 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06740-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6740
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 28, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. HOYT -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the public lands law, in relation to  recycling  on  all
         state-owned and state-leased real property
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public lands law is amended by adding a new section 3-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 3-A. STATE-OWNED REAL PROPERTY RECYCLING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.  1. THE
    4  COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED  TO  COORDI-
    5  NATE AND IMPLEMENT A RECYCLING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ON ALL STATE-OWNED AND
    6  STATE-LEASED REAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, CONSISTENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS
    7  FOR IMPLEMENTATION PROVIDED BY THE WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING PROGRAM
    8  AND THE WASTE PREVENTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS TWO
    9  HUNDRED  SIXTY-THREE  AND  TWO  HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE
   10  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAW. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED  WITHIN  SIX
   11  MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   12    2.  ALL  OTHER  DEPARTMENTS  OR  AGENCIES OF THE STATE OR SUBDIVISIONS
   13  THEREOF OCCUPYING SUCH STATE-OWNED OR STATE-LEASED PROPERTIES SHALL,  AT
   14  THE  REQUEST  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, PROVIDE THE
   15  OFFICE WITH SUCH ASSISTANCE AS WILL ENABLE THE OFFICE TO CARRY  OUT  ITS
   16  DUTIES UNDER THIS SECTION.
   17    3.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP INCENTIVE INITIATIVES TO ENCOURAGE
   18  ADHERENCE TO THE PROGRAM BY THE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OF THE STATE OR
   19  SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF OCCUPYING SUCH PROPERTIES.
   20    4. THE REQUIREMENTS OF  THE  RECYCLING  MANAGEMENT  PROGRAM  SHALL  BE
   21  INCLUDED  IN  ALL  NEW AND RENEWAL LEASE-HOLD AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY
   22  THE OFFICE ON AND AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH PROGRAM.
   23    5. ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, AND ANNUALLY THER-
   24  EAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND  THE  LEGISLA-
   25  TURE  ON  THE PROGRAM INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
   26  INCREASED EFFICIENCY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION AND INCENTIVES FOR  ADHERENCE
   27  TO THE PROGRAM.
   28    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07577-01-1