Bill Text: NY A08676 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that a deposit initiator or distributor to count empty containers by mechanical process at a location other than the redemption center or dealer's place of business.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A08676 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A08676-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8676 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 3, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to authorizing deposit initiators or distributors to count empty contain- ers by mechanical process at a location other than the redemption center or dealer's place of business THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 8 of section 27-1007 of the 2 environmental conservation law, as added by section 4 of part SS of 3 chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 4 (b) A deposit initiator or distributor shall not require empty 5 containers to be counted at a location other than the redemption center 6 or dealer's place of business. The dealer or redemption center shall 7 have the right to be present at the count, UNLESS SUCH DEPOSIT INITIATOR 8 OR DISTRIBUTOR COUNTS EMPTY CONTAINERS AT A LOCATION OTHER THAN THE 9 REDEMPTION CENTER OR DEALER'S PLACE OF BUSINESS BY MEANS OF A MECHANICAL 10 PROCESS WHICH SHALL BE ANNUALLY CERTIFIED TO ITS ACCURACY BY A QUALIFIED 11 INDEPENDENT THIRD-PARTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMUL- 12 GATED BY THE DEPARTMENT. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 14 manner as section 4 of part SS of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009 takes 15 effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14055-01-9