Bill Text: NY S00958 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires a solar powered trash compacting garbage receptacle pilot program whereby 100 garbage receptacles in certain parks will be replaced with solar powered trash compacting garbage receptacles once the commissioner of parks has received the proceeds from advertising space on such receptacles; establishes reporting requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2011-08-17 - VETOED MEMO.41 [S00958 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S00958-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 958--C 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAZIARZ, GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit- tee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to requiring a solar powered trash compacting garbage recep- tacle pilot program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is 2 amended by adding a new section 3.27 to read as follows: 3 S 3.27 PURCHASING FOR SOLAR POWERED TRASH COMPACTING GARBAGE RECEPTA- 4 CLES. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "SOLAR POWERED TRASH COMPACTING 5 GARBAGE RECEPTACLE" SHALL MEAN A TRASH RECEPTACLE THAT UTILIZES THE 6 SUN'S NATURAL ENERGY TO AUTOMATICALLY DRIVE A COMPACTOR WITH AN ENCLOSED 7 SYSTEM IN THE SAME FOOTPRINT THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY 8 TO MONITOR REAL-TIME WASTE LEVELS. 9 2. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL UNDERTAKE A SOLAR POWERED TRASH COMPACT- 10 ING GARBAGE RECEPTACLE PILOT PROJECT AND SHALL REPLACE ONE HUNDRED 11 GARBAGE RECEPTACLES WITH SOLAR POWERED TRASH COMPACTING RECEPTACLES. THE 12 COMMISSIONER SHALL PLACE SOLAR POWERED TRASH COMPACTING RECEPTACLES IN 13 NIAGARA FALLS STATE PARK, RIVERBANK STATE PARK, ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE 14 PARK AND SUNKEN MEADOW STATE PARK. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALLOCATE THE 15 NUMBER OF RECEPTACLES IN EACH SUCH PARK AT HIS OR HER OWN DISCRETION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01561-07-1 S. 958--C 2 1 B. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SELL TO ANY INDIVIDUAL, PARTNERSHIP, CORPO- 2 RATION OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY ADVERTISING SPACE ON SUCH SOLAR POWERED 3 TRASH COMPACTING GARBAGE RECEPTACLES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE 4 COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT PURCHASE SUCH SOLAR POWERED TRASH COMPACTING 5 GARBAGE RECEPTACLES BEFORE HE OR SHE HAS RECEIVED PAYMENTS IN CONSIDER- 6 ATION FOR SUCH ADVERTISING SPACE. 7 3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE 8 ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE CHAIR OF THE TOUR- 9 ISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IN THE ASSEMBLY, THE 10 RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOP- 11 MENT COMMITTEE IN THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOUR- 12 ISM, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE, THE RANKING MINORITY 13 MEMBER OF THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE 14 IN THE SENATE, THE CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE IN 15 THE ASSEMBLY, THE RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVA- 16 TION COMMITTEE IN THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVA- 17 TION COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE, THE RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE ENVI- 18 RONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE, AND THE CHAIR OF THE 19 RENEWABLE ENERGY SUBCOMMITTEE IN THE ASSEMBLY, A REPORT DETAILING THE 20 PROGRAM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: 21 A. THE NUMBER OF OPERATING SOLAR POWERED TRASH COMPACTING GARBAGE 22 RECEPTACLES; 23 B. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF WEEKLY COLLECTIONS FOR EACH RECEPTACLE; 24 C. THE MAN HOURS USED TO COLLECT WASTE FROM EACH RECEPTACLE; 25 D. FUEL USAGE FOR SUCH COLLECTION; AND 26 E. THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION AS A RESULT OF 27 THIS PROGRAM. 28 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.