Bill Text: NY A07159 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to electronic equipment disposal in a city having a population of one million or more.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A07159 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07159-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7159
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 27, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMANOWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to elec-
         tronic equipment disposal in a city having a population of one million
         or more
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
    2  new section 27-2623 to read as follows:
    3  S 27-2623. ELECTRONIC WASTE COLLECTION; REMOVAL IN A CITY HAVING A POPU-
    4               LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
    5    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, ORDINANCE OR CODE TO THE CONTRARY ANY  PERSON
    6  IN  A  CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE RESIDING IN A
    7  BUILDING WITH LESS THAN ELEVEN RESIDENCES THAT DOES NOT HAVE  A  PICK-UP
    8  DESIGNATION  SHALL  BE  ABLE  TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION OF
    9  SUCH CITY AND SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR REMOVAL OF  ELECTRONIC  EQUIP-
   10  MENT FOR RECYCLING.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10027-04-5
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