Bill Text: NY A10428 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to electronic waste.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-01 - reported referred to codes [A10428 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10428-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10428
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 26, 2016
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        Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, OTIS, FAHY, SIMANOWITZ -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to elec-
          tronic waste
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  27-2603 of the environmental
     2  conservation law is amended by adding a new paragraph (d-1) to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (d-1)  Notwithstanding paragraph (d) of this subdivision, for calendar
     5  years two thousand seventeen and two  thousand  eighteen  the  statewide
     6  recycling or reuse goal for all electronic waste shall be the product of
     7  the latest population estimate for the state, as published by the United
     8  States census bureau multiplied by seven pounds.
     9    §  2.  Subdivision 4 of section 27-2603 of the environmental conserva-
    10  tion law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
    11    (c) The department shall annually  notify  each  manufacturer  of  its
    12  acceptance standard for the following calendar year by October first.
    13    §  3.  Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision 5 of section 27-2603
    14  of the environmental conservation law, as added by  chapter  99  of  the
    15  laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows:
    16    (a)  If  a  manufacturer accepts at least ninety percent but less than
    17  one  hundred  percent  of  its  manufacturer's  acceptance  standard  as
    18  required  by  subdivision  four  of this section, the surcharge shall be
    19  [thirty] sixty cents multiplied by the number of  additional  pounds  of
    20  electronic waste that should have been accepted by such manufacturer.
    21    (b)  If  a  manufacturer  accepts at least fifty percent but less than
    22  ninety percent of its manufacturer's acceptance standard as required  by
    23  subdivision  four of this section, the surcharge shall be [forty] eighty
    24  cents multiplied by the number of additional pounds of electronic  waste
    25  that should have been accepted by such manufacturer.
    26    (c)  If a manufacturer accepts less than fifty percent of its manufac-
    27  turer's acceptance standard as required  by  subdivision  four  of  this
    28  section,  the  surcharge shall be [fifty cents] one dollar multiplied by
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15678-01-6
        A. 10428                            2
     1  the number of additional pounds of electronic  waste  that  should  have
     2  been accepted by such manufacturer.
     3    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.