STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8303 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 13, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the reuse of tires The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 50 to read as follows: 3 50. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of envi- 4 ronmental conservation, shall promulgate rules and regulations allowing 5 the reuse of tires in agricultural production including, but not limited 6 to, for the protection of animal feeds in a manner that protects farm- 7 ers, workers and animal health and addresses the vector threat posed by 8 such tires using techniques appropriate for protection of human health 9 and the environment to prevent the site from being a vector breeding 10 area. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 12 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 13 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 14 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 15 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13237-02-9