Bill Text: NY S06875 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires state agencies and contractors to recycle a certain percentage of the waste generated on public works construction and demolition sites.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S06875 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06875-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6875 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE November 27, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring state agen- cies and persons contracting with such agencies to recycle construction and demolition site waste The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 163-b 2 to read as follows: 3 § 163-b. Construction and demolition site waste recycling. 1. As used 4 in this section: 5 (a) "Contractor" means a general contractor having a contract with a 6 state agency, and all subcontractors of such general contractor perform- 7 ing public work pursuant to such contract. 8 (b) "Construction and demolition debris" shall not include any materi- 9 al that is contaminated by lead, asbestos or other hazardous material in 10 such a way as to render recycling illegal or impossible. 11 (c) "Recycler" means a recycling facility, transfer station or other 12 waste handling facility permitted pursuant to this article which accepts 13 construction and demolition debris for recycling or for further transfer 14 to a recycling facility. 15 (d) "Reuse" means (i) the on-site use of reprocessed construction and 16 demolition debris if such on-site use is authorized in writing by the 17 commissioner; and (ii) the off-site redistribution of a material which 18 would otherwise be disposed of, for use in the same or similar form as 19 it was produced. 20 (e) "State agency" shall mean (1) (i) any state department, or (ii) 21 any division, board, commission or bureau of any state department, or 22 (iii) the state university of New York and the city university of New 23 York, including all their constituent units except community colleges 24 and the independent institutions operating statutory or contract EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03553-01-9S. 6875 2 1 colleges on behalf of the state, or (iv) a board, a majority of whose 2 members are appointed by the governor or who serve by virtue of being 3 state officers or employees as defined in subparagraph (i), (ii) or 4 (iii) of paragraph (i) of subdivision one of section seventy-three of 5 the public officers law. 6 (2) the following only to the extent of state contracts entered into 7 for its own account or for the benefit of a state agency as defined in 8 subparagraph one of this paragraph: 9 dormitory authority of the state of New York; 10 facilities development corporation; 11 New York state energy research and development authority; 12 New York state science and technology foundation. 13 2. Every state agency and every contractor performing public work for 14 a state agency shall recycle or reuse construction and demolition debris 15 produced on site as part of construction or demolition activities by 16 meeting the following requirements: 17 (a) On a public works project commenced within one year of the effec- 18 tive date of this section, the state agency or contractor shall cause to 19 be recycled or reused at least twenty-five percent of the construction 20 and demolition debris, as measured by weight, produced on site. 21 (b) On a public works project commenced one year or more after the 22 effective date of this section, the state agency or contractor shall 23 cause to be recycled or reused at least fifty percent of the 24 construction and demolition debris, as measured by weight, produced on 25 site. 26 3. Within thirty days of completion of a public works project, the 27 state agency or contractor shall submit documentation to the state comp- 28 troller to report compliance with this section. Documentation shall be 29 in a form prescribed by the state comptroller, and shall consist of 30 notarized affidavits from the state agency or contractor and the waste 31 hauler or recycler for the public works project certifying the extent to 32 which the public works project complies with this section. 33 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 34 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
