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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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