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--C
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       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.