Bill Text: NY S02629 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner to implement a recycling program for all state-owned and state-leased properties; requires incentives for adherence and annual reporting to the governor and legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-12 - referred to governmental operations [S02629 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02629-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2629
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 27, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Investigations  and
         Government Operations
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public lands law, in relation to recycling on all
         state-owned and state-leased real property
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public lands law is amended by adding a new section 3-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 3-A. STATE-OWNED REAL PROPERTY RECYCLING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.  1. THE
    4  COMMISSIONER  OF  GENERAL SERVICES IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO COORDI-
    5  NATE AND IMPLEMENT A RECYCLING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ON ALL STATE-OWNED AND
    6  STATE-LEASED REAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, CONSISTENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS
    7  FOR IMPLEMENTATION PROVIDED BY THE WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING PROGRAM
    8  AND THE WASTE PREVENTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS TWO
    9  HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE AND TWO HUNDRED  SIXTY-FOUR,  RESPECTIVELY,  OF  THE
   10  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT  LAW. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN SIX
   11  MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   12    2. ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES  OF  THE  STATE  OR  SUBDIVISIONS
   13  THEREOF  OCCUPYING SUCH STATE-OWNED OR STATE-LEASED PROPERTIES SHALL, AT
   14  THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSIONER, OR HIS OR  HER  DESIGNEE,  PROVIDE  THE
   15  OFFICE  WITH  SUCH ASSISTANCE AS WILL ENABLE THE OFFICE TO CARRY OUT ITS
   16  DUTIES UNDER THIS SECTION.
   17    3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP INCENTIVE INITIATIVES  TO  ENCOURAGE
   18  ADHERENCE TO THE PROGRAM BY THE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OF THE STATE OR
   19  SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF OCCUPYING SUCH PROPERTIES.
   20    4.  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THE  RECYCLING  MANAGEMENT PROGRAM SHALL BE
   21  INCLUDED IN ALL NEW AND RENEWAL LEASE-HOLD AGREEMENTS  ENTERED  INTO  BY
   22  THE OFFICE ON AND AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH PROGRAM.
   23    5. ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, AND ANNUALLY THER-
   24  EAFTER,  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLA-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07577-01-1
       S. 2629                             2
    1  TURE ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR
    2  INCREASED  EFFICIENCY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION AND INCENTIVES FOR ADHERENCE
    3  TO THE PROGRAM.
    4    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.