Bill Text: NY S00958 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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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

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        958--B
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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
       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, RIVERSIDE 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.
   16    B.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SELL TO ANY INDIVIDUAL, PARTNERSHIP, CORPO-
   17  RATION OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY ADVERTISING SPACE ON SUCH SOLAR  POWERED
   18  TRASH  COMPACTING  GARBAGE  RECEPTACLES;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE
   19  COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT PURCHASE  SUCH  SOLAR  POWERED  TRASH  COMPACTING
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01561-05-1
       S. 958--B                           2
    1  GARBAGE  RECEPTACLES BEFORE HE OR SHE HAS RECEIVED PAYMENTS IN CONSIDER-
    2  ATION FOR SUCH ADVERTISING SPACE.
    3    3.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE
    4  ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE CHAIR OF THE  TOUR-
    5  ISM,  PARKS,  ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IN THE ASSEMBLY, THE
    6  RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS  DEVELOP-
    7  MENT COMMITTEE IN THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOUR-
    8  ISM,  PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE, THE RANKING MINORITY
    9  MEMBER OF THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION  COMMITTEE
   10  IN  THE SENATE, THE CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE IN
   11  THE ASSEMBLY, THE RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVA-
   12  TION COMMITTEE IN THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVA-
   13  TION COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE, THE RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF  THE  ENVI-
   14  RONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  COMMITTEE  IN  THE SENATE, AND THE CHAIR OF THE
   15  RENEWABLE ENERGY SUBCOMMITTEE IN THE ASSEMBLY, A  REPORT  DETAILING  THE
   16  PROGRAM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   17    A.  THE  NUMBER  OF  OPERATING  SOLAR POWERED TRASH COMPACTING GARBAGE
   18  RECEPTACLES;
   19    B. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF WEEKLY COLLECTIONS FOR EACH RECEPTACLE;
   20    C. THE MAN HOURS USED TO COLLECT WASTE FROM EACH RECEPTACLE;
   21    D. FUEL USAGE FOR SUCH COLLECTION; AND
   22    E. THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION  AS  A  RESULT  OF
   23  THIS PROGRAM.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.