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Senate Bill S247
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S247 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง27-1003 & 27-1007, En Con L
2009-S247 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to reverse vending machines; defines "reverse vending machine" to mean a device that accepts used, empty beverage containers and, when a consumer has placed all of his or her containers into such device, issues a receipt that can be redeemed for the refund value for such beverage containers, at the place of business of the dealer.
2009-S247 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S247 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to reverse vending machines PURPOSE : This bill relates to the number of reverse vending machines required based on square footage. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends section 27-1003 to define a reverse vending machine. Section 2. Amends subdivision 1 of section 27-1007 of the Environmental Conservation Law, to define the size of beverage dealer and the number of reverse vending machines required. Section 3. Effective date JUSTIFICATION : New York State's Bottle bill was enacted to encourage recycling and limit litter. Since its enactment, however, the variety of dealers who market beverages has significantly changed. Today many beverages are sold in "big box" stores. Most of these stores make it difficult for the consumer to return empty beverage containers by not having
2009-S247 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 247 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- 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 reverse vending machines THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 27-1003 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 9-a to read as follows: 9-A. "REVERSE VENDING MACHINE" MEANS AN AUTOMATED DEVICE THAT USES A LASER SCANNER, MICROPROCESSOR, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGY TO ACCURATELY RECOG- NIZE THE UNIVERSAL PRODUCT CODE (UPC) ON CONTAINERS TO DETERMINE IF THE CONTAINER IS REDEEMABLE AND ACCUMULATES INFORMATION REGARDING CONTAINERS REDEEMED, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF SUCH CONTAINERS REDEEMED, THEREBY ENABLING THE REVERSE VENDING MACHINE TO ACCEPT CONTAINERS FROM REDEEMERS AND TO ISSUE A SCRIP OR RECEIPT FOR THEIR REFUND VALUE. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 27-1007 of the environmental conserva- tion law, as added by chapter 200 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: 1. (A) A dealer shall accept at his OR HER place of business from a redeemer any empty beverage containers of the design, shape, size, color, composition and brand sold by the dealer, and shall pay to the redeemer the refund value of each such beverage container as established by section 27-1005 of this title. (B) A DEPOSIT INITIATOR SHALL ACCEPT THE ACCOUNTING OF DEPOSITS UTILIZED BY THE DEALER. (C) (I) A DEALER WHOSE PLACE OF BUSINESS IS PART OF A CHAIN ENGAGED IN THE SAME GENERAL FIELD OF BUSINESS WHICH OPERATES TEN OR MORE UNITS IN THIS STATE UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP AND WHOSE BUSINESS IS FORTY THOUSAND THROUGH SIXTY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET SHALL INSTALL AND MAINTAIN AT LEAST THREE REVERSE VENDING MACHINES AT THE DEALER'S PLACE OF BUSINESS; (II) A EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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