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Feb 21, 2013 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S3834
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 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
2013-S3834 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 27 Title 29 §§27-2901 - 27-2905, §71-2730, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S6574
2013-S3834 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3834 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to recycling of ionization smoke detectors PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to require manufacturers of smoke detectors containing the radioisotope americium-241, who sell these products into New York State, to take back used detectors for recycling or proper disposal. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill would require, beginning July 1, 2014, that manufacturers of ionization smoke detectors shall not sell, or offer for sale, any such product in New York unless the manufacturer has registered with the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and maintains a waste acceptance program for the collection, handling and recycling or reuse of such detectors. Manufacturers would be required to register with the DEC and pay a registration fee of one thousand dollars to be deposited into the environmental protection fund. The waste acceptance program for ionization smoke detectors would at a minimum include (a) a mail or ship back return program; (b) a public education program to inform consumers about the waste acceptance program, including but not limited to an Internet website and a toll-free telephone number, along with written information included in the product manual that informs the consumer of the environmental benefits of recycling radioactive
2013-S3834 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3834 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 21, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FARLEY -- 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 recy- cling of ionization smoke detectors THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new title 29 to read as follows: TITLE 29 RECYCLING OF IONIZATION SMOKE DETECTORS SECTION 27-2901. DEFINITIONS. 27-2903. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR RECYCLING OF IONIZATION SMOKE DETECTORS. 27-2905. WASTE ACCEPTANCE PROGRAM FOR IONIZATION SMOKE DETEC- TORS. S 27-2901. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION: 1. "CONSUMER" MEANS A PERSON LOCATED IN THE STATE WHO OWNS OR USES IONIZATION SMOKE DETECTORS, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE A MANUFACTURER, AN ENTITY THAT SELLS SUCH DETECTORS TO CONSUMERS AT RETAIL, OR AN ENTITY INVOLVED IN A WHOLESALE TRANSACTION BETWEEN A MANUFACTURER AND RETAILER. 2. "IONIZATION SMOKE DETECTOR" SHALL MEAN A SMOKE DETECTING ALARM DEVICE THAT CONTAINS A RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PURSUANT TO A LICENSE FROM THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION. 3. "MANUFACTURER" MEANS A PERSON WHO ASSEMBLES OR SUBSTANTIALLY ASSEM- BLES IONIZATION SMOKE DETECTORS FOR SALE IN THE STATE UNDER LICENSE FROM THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION. 4. "RETAILER" MEANS A PERSON WHO SELLS IONIZATION SMOKE DETECTORS TO A PERSON IN THE STATE THROUGH ANY MEANS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TRANSACTIONS CONDUCTED THROUGH RETAIL SALES OUTLETS, MAIL, CATALOGS, THE TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET, OR ANY ELECTRONIC MEANS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04356-01-3
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