Assembly Bill A4599

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to collect discarded recyclable materials at parks, historic sites and recreational facilities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A4599 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3.09, Pks & Rec L; add §120-dd, Gen Muni L; amd §54-0701, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6103
2013-2014: A5627
2015-2016: A819
2017-2018: A2858

2011-A4599 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to collect discarded recyclable materials at parks, historic sites and recreational facilities; requires the posting of signs on facilities without trash receptacles stating that trash must be retained until you reach a trash can; encourages municipalities to establish and implement recyclables recovery programs for the collection of recyclable materials that are discarded in their parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other recreational facilities; provides state assistance for such programs

2011-A4599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4599

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development

AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
  relation  to requiring the collection of recyclable materials at state
  parks, historic sites and recreational facilities; to amend the gener-
  al municipal law, in relation to encouraging municipalities to  estab-
  lish and implement programs for the collection of recyclable materials
  that  are  discarded  in  parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other
  recreational facilities; and to amend the  environmental  conservation
  law,  in  relation  to  providing state assistance therefor to munici-
  palities

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
vation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 23 to read as follows:
  23. (A) ESTABLISH AND  IMPLEMENT  A  PROGRAM  FOR  THE  COLLECTION  OF
RECYCLABLE  MATERIALS  THAT ARE DISCARDED IN STATE PARKS, HISTORIC SITES
AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. SUCH RECYCLABLE  MATERIALS  SHALL  INCLUDE,
BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO, METAL, PLASTIC, GLASS AND PAPER. IN EACH SUCH
PARK, HISTORIC SITE AND RECREATIONAL FACILITY THE OFFICE  SHALL  INSTALL
BINS  FOR THE COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. THE OFFICE SHALL REGU-
LARLY COLLECT AND PROVIDE FOR THE RECYCLING OF THE RECYCLABLE  MATERIALS
COLLECTED.
  (B)  POST  SIGNS  IN THOSE PORTIONS OF STATE PARKS, HISTORIC SITES AND
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, WHICH DO NOT HAVE  TRASH  RECEPTACLES,  STATING
"PLEASE  TAKE  ANY  TRASH YOU GENERATE WHILE UPON THIS FACILITY WITH YOU
FOR DISPOSAL WHEN YOU REACH A TRASH RECEPTACLE."
  S 2. The general municipal law is amended  by  adding  a  new  section
120-dd to read as follows:
  S  120-DD. COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE MATERIAL IN PARKS. 1. EACH MUNICI-
PALITY IS ENCOURAGED TO ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A  RECYCLABLES  RECOVERY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00193-01-1

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