NY A00819 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-06 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development
Pending: Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to collect discarded recyclable materials at parks, historic sites and recreational facilities; requires the posting of signs on facilities without trash receptacles stating that trash must be retained until you reach a trash can; encourages municipalities to establish and implement recyclables recovery programs for the collection of recyclable materials that are discarded in their parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other recreational facilities; provides state assistance for such programs; encourages municipalities to post signs in portion of parks without trash receptacles directing visitors to take their trash with them until they reach a trash receptacle.

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Title

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to collect discarded recyclable materials at parks, historic sites and recreational facilities; requires the posting of signs on facilities without trash receptacles stating that trash must be retained until you reach a trash can; encourages municipalities to establish and implement recyclables recovery programs for the collection of recyclable materials that are discarded in their parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other recreational facilities; provides state assistance for such programs; encourages municipalities to post signs in portion of parks without trash receptacles directing visitors to take their trash with them until they reach a trash receptacle.

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History

DateChamberAction
2016-01-06Assemblyreferred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development
2015-01-07Assemblyreferred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

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