Bill Text: NY S03425 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a cigarette butt recycling program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S03425 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03425-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3425
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 9, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         developing a cigarette butts recycling program
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 27-1019 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
    2  renumbered section 27-1021 and a new section 27-1019 is added to read as
    3  follows:
    4  S 27-1019. CIGARETTE BUTT RECYCLING AND WASTE CONTROL.
    5    1.  THE  COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH
    6  SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM FOR THE COLLECTION  AND  RECYCLING
    7  OF CIGARETTE BUTTS.
    8    2. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
    9    A.  ESTABLISHING  A STATEWIDE SYSTEM AND REDEMPTION FACILITIES FOR THE
   10  COLLECTION OF USED CIGARETTE BUTTS VIA AUTOMATED OR NON-AUTOMATED  RECY-
   11  CLING  EQUIPMENT  TO BE SITUATED LOCALLY, BUT NOT LESS THAN ONE FACILITY
   12  PER COUNTY;
   13    B. ESTABLISHING A DEPOSIT AND REFUND VALUE  FOR  INDIVIDUAL  CIGARETTE
   14  BUTTS  RETURNED  TO  COLLECTION FACILITIES OF NOT LESS THAN ONE CENT PER
   15  CIGARETTE BUTT RETURNED AND  ESTABLISH  A  FISCAL  PLAN  ALLOCATING  HOW
   16  DEPOSIT FUNDS ARE COLLECTED AND REFUNDED; AND
   17    C.  ESTABLISHING  A PUBLIC EDUCATION AND MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE
   18  INDIVIDUALS AS TO THE HARM CIGARETTE BUTTS CAUSE TO THE ENVIRONMENT  AND
   19  WORKING  WITH  CIGARETTE MANUFACTURERS TO IMPLEMENT ANTI-LITTER MESSAGES
   20  ON THEIR PACKAGING.
   21    3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROMULGATE  ANY  RULES
   22  AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM.
   23    4.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "CIGARETTE BUTT" OR "USED CIGA-
   24  RETTE BUTT" SHALL MEAN ANY CIGARETTE, CIGAR, OR TOBACCO PRODUCT  WITH  A
   25  FILTER  OR BUTT THAT IS NOT SMOKED AND HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF BECOMING A
   26  WASTE PRODUCT.
   27    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04928-01-5