NY State Senate Bill 2015-S7323

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2015-S7323 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 27 Title 28 §§27-2801 - 27-2805, amd §27-0107, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S107, S5461
2019-2020: S1098, S5533

2015-S7323 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the state and local government food waste prevention and diversion act; requires facilities generating excess food waste to take measures to minimize such waste.

2015-S7323 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S7323

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prevention and diversion of food waste

 PURPOSE :

To require that food service facilities operated by State agencies,
municipalities, local education agencies, or their contractors or
lessees prevent and divert food waste by participating in food
donation and other organics recovery programs.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section one of the bill establishes the short title of "State and
Local Government Food Waste Prevention and Diversion Act."

Section two of the bill amends article 27 of the environmental
conservation law by adding a new title 28 which would require that
covered food service establishments manage their excess unused food,
food scraps, and organic waste by first minimizing their generation,
and then diverting them from disposal by a series of options. After
minimizing generation, the highest waste prevention and diversion
priority would be donation of excess wholesome food to programs

feeding people, especially the food insecure. Other options include
providing food and food scraps as animal feed, and processing
remaining organics into soil amendment or other useful products
through composting, anaerobic digestion, and other value-adding
methods.

Covered food service establishments would be those operated by State
agencies, departments, boards, public benefit corporations, public
authorities, or commissions, municipalities, local education agencies,
or their contractors or lessees, that prepare and provide food
directly to consumers, and that generate, from food preparation and
service as averaged over the course of the previous ten weeks:
beginning in 2016, over two thousand pounds of food waste per week;
beginning in 2018, over one thousand pounds of food waste per week;
and beginning in 2020, over five hundred pounds of food waste per
week.

If the cost to comply with any portion of the food waste prevention
and diversion priorities outlined above is excessive, this section
also provides a process by which a covered food service establishment
may be granted a temporary waiver from complying with that portion.

Additionally, section two of the bill requires the Department of
Environmental Conservation (DEC) to promote the actions that covered
food service establishments are required to take, and to encourage the
public to better manage excess food, food scraps, and organic waste as
well.  Toward this end, the DEC is authorized to collect and report
information to promote improved food and organic waste prevention and
diversion.

Section three of the bill requires that local solid waste management
plans include information on current food and organic waste management
efforts and their capacity in the respective area of the planning
unit.

Section four of the bill establishes the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :


According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, food waste
comprises approximately 14 percent of the municipal solid waste
generated each year in the United States, or about 34 million tons. A
2005 University of Arizona study found that about 20 million tons of
that was generated at full service and fast-food restaurants.

Every day, food service providers such as hospitals, universities,
cafeterias, restaurants, and food preparation companies must address
what to do with surplus or leftover food and other organic waste
generated in their operations. This includes food waste, food scraps,
prepared foods, produce, bakery and dairy items, meat, and other
organics. There are many ways food service providers can reduce waste,
reduce costs, improve the environment, provide benefits to
communities, and otherwise realize savings by reducing, reusing, and
recycling uneaten or unused food and other discarded organic materials
rather than sending them to landfills.

New York State's Solid Waste Management Plan, entitled "Beyond Waste"
published in December 2010, included a programmatic recommendation for
the state to "lead by example" by demonstrating sustainable materials
management within its own operations, specifically indicating organics
recovery as a major component. This bill would require that certain
facilities operated by state agencies, counties, municipalities, local
education agencies, or their contractors recover excess foods and
other organics residuals to the greatest extent practicable. In doing
so, covered facilities would prevent waste and divert discarded
organics from landfills, thereby conserving resources and providing
models for other facilities and organizations to establish their own
effective means of sustainable operation and organic waste management.

In addition to reducing as much as possible the amount of food waste
generated, covered food service establishments will be required to
divert organic materials from disposal in descending order of
priority, in line with the EPA's Food Recovery Hierarchy: donation to
programs feeding people, especially the food insecure; providing food
and food scraps as animal feed; and finally, processing remaining
organic materials into useful value-added products for industry,
agriculture, horticulture, or other beneficial applications (e.g.
biodiesel, biogas, soaps, composts or other soil amendments)
(http://www.epa.gov/foodrecovery/).

Anyone donating food pursuant to this law would be protected from
liability under the agricultural and markets law, which exempts a good
faith donor of food from liability if the donor has reasonably
inspected the food and found it fit for consumption.

Apart from environmental and resource conservation benefits, food
waste prevention and organic waste diversion practices also promote
the development of sustainable jobs. Requiring diversion of organic
waste from landfills by the largest government generators of food
waste, and their contractors and lessees, and requiring promotion and
further reporting of food and organic waste management by government
actors will help improve such practices and spur much needed
infrastructure development across the state.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

None.

 FISCAL IMPACT ON THE STATE :

Facilities recovering organics may experience a slight cost in first
establishing programs with likely short-term return on investment and
long-term savings (primarily through reduced procurement and disposal
costs) as food preparation, sorting, and collection gain in
efficiency.
 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of the month following the one
hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.

2015-S7323 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7323

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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
  prevention and diversion of food waste

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

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the  "state  and  local  government  food waste prevention and diversion
act".
  S 2. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law  is  amended  by
adding a new title 28 to read as follows:
                                TITLE 28
     STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOOD WASTE PREVENTION AND DIVERSION
                                   ACT
SECTION 27-2801. DEFINITIONS.
        27-2803. REQUIRED  STATE  AND  MUNICIPAL  FOOD  SERVICE ORGANICS
                   WASTE MANAGEMENT.
        27-2805. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES.
S 27-2801. DEFINITIONS.
  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  1.  "AGENCY" MEANS ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, AGENCY, BOARD, PUBLIC BENEFIT
CORPORATION, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR COMMISSION.
  2. "COMPOSTABLE" MEANS ALL THE MATERIALS IN  THE  PRODUCT  OR  PACKAGE
WILL  (A)  UNDERGO DEGRADATION BY BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES DURING COMPOSTING
TO YIELD CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER, INORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND  BIOMASS  AT  A
RATE  CONSISTENT WITH OTHER KNOWN COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS AND (B) LEAVE NO
VISIBLE, DISTINGUISHABLE OR TOXIC RESIDUE, INCLUDING NO  ADVERSE  IMPACT
ON  THE  ABILITY  OF  COMPOSTS TO SUPPORT PLANT GROWTH ONCE THE FINISHED
COMPOST IS PLACED IN SOIL.
  3. "CONTRACTORS" AND "LESSEES" MEAN ANY PERSON OR ENTITY  THAT  HAS  A
CONTRACT  WITH  AN  AGENCY,  MUNICIPALITY  OR LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY FOR
PUBLIC WORKS OR IMPROVEMENTS TO BE PERFORMED, FOR A  FRANCHISE,  CONCES-
SION  OR  LEASE  OF  PROPERTY, FOR GRANT MONIES OR GOODS AND SERVICES OR

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

                                                           LBD04539-05-6

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SUPPLIES TO BE PURCHASED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE AGENCY,  MUNICIPALITY  OR
LOCAL  EDUCATION  AGENCY  OR  TO  BE PAID OUT OF MONIES DEPOSITED IN THE
TREASURY OR OUT OF TRUST MONIES UNDER THE CONTROL OR  COLLECTED  BY  THE
AGENCY, MUNICIPALITY OR LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY.
  4.  "COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT" MEANS ANY PREMISES OR PART OF
A PREMISES TO WHICH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
  (A) IT IS OPERATED BY AN AGENCY, MUNICIPALITY, LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY,
OR ANY CONTRACTOR OR LESSEE OF AN AGENCY, MUNICIPALITY, OR LOCAL  EDUCA-
TION AGENCY;
  (B)  IT  GENERATES, FROM ITS FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVICE, AS AVERAGED
OVER THE COURSE OF THE PREVIOUS TEN WEEKS:
  (I) IN TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN AND  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,  OVER  TWO
THOUSAND POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE PER WEEK;
  (II)  IN TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, OVER ONE THOU-
SAND POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE PER WEEK; AND
  (III) IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND  THEREAFTER,  OVER  FIVE  HUNDRED
POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE PER WEEK; AND
  (C)  IT IS LOCATED WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED AND PROVIDED DIRECTLY TO THE
CONSUMER, WHETHER SUCH FOOD IS PROVIDED FREE  OF  CHARGE  OR  SOLD,  AND
WHETHER CONSUMPTION OCCURS ON OR OFF THE PREMISES. "COVERED FOOD SERVICE
ESTABLISHMENTS"  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING
WHICH ALSO MEET THE CONDITIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND PARAGRAPHS (A)  AND
(B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION:  FULL-SERVICE RESTAURANTS, FAST FOOD RESTAU-
RANTS, CAFES, DELICATESSENS, COFFEE SHOPS, AND CAFETERIAS, BUT SHALL NOT
INCLUDE RETAIL FOOD STORES, CONVENIENCE STORES,  PHARMACIES  AND  MOBILE
FOOD VENDING UNITS.
  5.  "EXCESS FOOD" MEANS FOOD THAT IS NOT REQUIRED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
THE COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT.
  6. "LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY" MEANS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF  COOPER-
ATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNI-
CAL COLLEGE, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE OF  TECHNOLOGY  AND  A
CENTER  FOR  ADVANCED  TECHNOLOGY  DESIGNATED  PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWO-A OF THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  LAW,  AND  OTHER
POSTSECONDARY  PROVIDER OF CAREER EDUCATION AS SET FORTH ANNUALLY BY THE
COMMISSIONER AS ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS UNDER THE FEDERAL VOCATIONAL  EDUCA-
TION ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR.
  7.  "MUNICIPALITY"  MEANS  A  VILLAGE,  TOWN,  CITY, OR COUNTY, OR ANY
DESIGNATED AGENCY THEREOF.
  8. "ORGANIC" MEANS MATERIALS PRODUCED BY OR FROM LIVING ORGANISMS.
  9. "ORGANIC WASTE" MEANS READILY DEGRADABLE ORGANIC  MATERIAL  INCLUD-
ING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, FOOD WASTE, SOILED OR UNRECYCLABLE PAPER, AND
YARD WASTE IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OF THE FORMER MATERIALS. IT DOES  NOT
INCLUDE BIOSOLIDS, SLUDGE, OR SEPTAGE.
S  27-2803.  REQUIRED  STATE  AND  MUNICIPAL FOOD SERVICE ORGANICS WASTE
             MANAGEMENT.
  1. ANY COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT SHALL DO THE FOLLOWING:
  (A) TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICABLE,  MINIMIZE  ITS  GENERATION  OF
EXCESS,  UNUSED  FOODS  IN  ADDITION  TO  FOOD  SCRAPS AND ORGANIC WASTE
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FOOD TRIMMINGS AND PACKAGING;
  (B) TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICABLE, REDUCE THE NEED  FOR  DISPOSAL
OF ITS GENERATED EXCESS, UNUSED FOOD, FOOD SCRAPS AND ANY OTHER COMPOST-
ABLE  OR  ORGANIC  WASTE, BY PROVIDING IT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES, IN
DESCENDING ORDER OF PRIORITY:
  (I) FEEDING OR DISTRIBUTING EXCESS, UNUSED, APPARENTLY WHOLESOME  FOOD
TO  PEOPLE, SUCH AS THE FOOD INSECURE, THROUGH LOCAL VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY

S. 7323                             3

NOT-FOR-PROFIT FOOD ASSISTANCE OR  SIMILAR  PROGRAMS  AS  AUTHORIZED  BY
STATE AND FEDERAL LAW;
  (II) FEEDING EXCESS, UNUSED FOOD, OR FOOD SCRAPS TO ANIMALS AS FEED AS
AUTHORIZED BY STATE AND FEDERAL LAW;
  (III)  COMPOSTING,  ANAEROBIC  DIGESTION, OR OTHER PROCESSING OF FOOD,
FOOD WASTE, OR  ORGANIC  WASTE  TO  GENERATE  SOIL  AMENDMENT  OR  OTHER
PRODUCTS FOR USE IN AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, MANUFACTURING, OR OTHER
APPLICATIONS;
  (C)  EFFECTUATE PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY DOING THE FOLLOW-
ING:
  (I) FOR MANAGEMENT OF EXCESS FOODS OR FOOD SCRAP PURSUANT TO  SUBPARA-
GRAPHS  (I)  AND  (II)  OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, OTHER THAN
THOSE MANAGED ON-SITE,  TRANSFER,  OR  ARRANGE  FOR  SUCH  TRANSFER,  TO
LOCATIONS  INTENDED  FOR  THEIR  CONSUMPTION  OR FROM WHICH THEY WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED FOR ULTIMATE CONSUMPTION; AND
  (II) FOR MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIC WASTES PURSUANT TO  SUBPARAGRAPH  (III)
OF  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, BY TAKING ACTIONS TO (A) SOURCE
SEPARATE ORGANIC WASTES FROM OTHER WASTE AND SUBSCRIBE TO A BASIC  LEVEL
OF  RECYCLING  SERVICE THAT INCLUDES THEIR COLLECTION AND RECYCLING; (B)
RECYCLE ITS ORGANIC WASTES ON-SITE OR SELF-HAUL THEM FOR  RECYCLING;  OR
(C)  SUBSCRIBE  TO  AN  ORGANIC WASTE RECYCLING SERVICE THAT MAY INCLUDE
MIXED WASTE PROCESSING THAT SPECIFICALLY RECYCLES ORGANIC WASTE.
  (D) PROVIDE COLLECTION AND EDUCATIONAL  RESOURCES,  INCLUDING  REGULAR
PERIODICAL  GUIDANCE,  TRAINING,  UPDATES,  SIGNAGE, AND FLYERS, FOR ITS
WORKFORCE AND THE PUBLIC FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF  TEACHING  AND  RETAINING
EFFECTIVE  PROCEDURES FOR SORTING MATERIALS FOR ORGANICS AND OTHER RECY-
CLING.
  2. EACH COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT MAY PROVIDE TO ITS  MUNICI-
PALITY,  PLANNING UNIT, OR THE DEPARTMENT, INFORMATION ON ITS PRACTICES,
INCLUDING AMOUNTS OF EXCESS FOOD, FOOD SCRAPS, OR ORGANIC WASTE  MANAGED
BY VARIOUS METHODS SUCH AS THOSE IMPLEMENTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE
OF  THIS SECTION, ENTITIES OR RESOURCES UTILIZED FOR REDUCING AND MANAG-
ING SUCH MATERIALS, OR FINANCING MECHANISMS AND INCENTIVES UTILIZED.
  3. IF THE COST FOR A COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT TO COMPLY WITH
THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR
ANY OR ALL PORTIONS OF  EXCESS  FOOD,  FOOD  SCRAPS,  OR  ORGANIC  WASTE
EXCEEDS  FIFTEEN  PERCENT  OF  THE  COST  OF ITS DISPOSAL BY LANDFILL OR
INCINERATION, THE COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT  MAY  REQUEST  FROM
THE COMMISSIONER A WAIVER OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PORTIONS, BASED ON
DOCUMENTED  EFFORTS TO COMPLY. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REVIEW THE REQUEST
AND, IF VALIDATED, GRANT THE WAIVER FOR A  PERIOD  OF  NO  GREATER  THAN
TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS.
  4.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO CONTRACTS IN
EFFECT ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL RENEWALS OR EXTENSIONS
OF  SUCH  CONTRACTS  ENTERED INTO ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SECTION.
  5. IN THE EVENT THAT TWO OR MORE COVERED FOOD  SERVICE  ESTABLISHMENTS
SHARE   A   COMMON   PHYSICAL   FACILITY  AND  SHARE  SERVICES  SUCH  AS
WASTE/RECYCLING COLLECTION AND HAULING, DINING AREAS  AND/OR  RESTROOMS,
ALL FACILITIES SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE ONE COVERED FOOD SERVICE ESTAB-
LISHMENT  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  CALCULATING THE AMOUNT OF FOOD WASTE AS
PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 27-2801 OF THIS TITLE.
  6. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  PROMOTE  ACTIONS  FOR  COVERED  FOOD  SERVICE
ESTABLISHMENTS  TO  TAKE PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION ONE
OF THIS SECTION, AND FOR ALL ENTITIES AND THE PUBLIC TO TAKE IN  EFFORTS

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TO  MANAGE  EXCESS  FOOD,  FOOD  SCRAPS,  AND ORGANIC WASTE IN A SIMILAR
MANNER.
  7.  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  COLLECT  AND  REPORT  INFORMATION TO PROMOTE
IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF EXCESS  FOOD,  FOOD  SCRAPS  AND  ORGANIC  WASTE,
INCLUDING INFORMATION ON PRACTICES BY COVERED FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, OTHER
ENTITIES  AND  THE  PUBLIC, OR LISTS OF ENTITIES AND RESOURCES PROVIDING
ASSISTANCE FOR REDUCING SUCH MATERIALS, FACILITIES ACCEPTING SUCH  MATE-
RIALS,  OR  FINANCING  MECHANISMS  AND INCENTIVES AVAILABLE FOR RECOVERY
PRACTICES AND FACILITIES.
S 27-2805. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES.
  ANY AGENCY, MUNICIPALITY OR  LOCAL  EDUCATION  AGENCY  MAY  PROMULGATE
REGULATIONS,  ORDINANCES, OR LAWS TO TAKE ANY AND ALL REASONABLE ACTIONS
NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE THIS TITLE. THIS TITLE DOES NOT LIMIT
THE AUTHORITY OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY TO  ADOPT,  IMPLEMENT,  OR,
ENFORCE  REQUIREMENTS  ON  MANAGEMENT  OF  EXCESS FOOD, FOOD SCRAPS, AND
ORGANIC WASTE THAT ARE MORE STRINGENT OR COMPREHENSIVE THAN THE REQUIRE-
MENTS OF THIS TITLE.
  S 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 27-0107 of the environ-
mental conservation law, as added by chapter 70 of the laws of 1988,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (c)  Such  plan  shall  take  into account the objectives of the state
solid waste management policy, provide for or take into account  manage-
ment  of all solid waste within the planning unit, and embody, as may be
appropriate to  the  circumstances,  sound  principles  of  solid  waste
management,  natural  resources  conservation,  energy  production,  and
employment creating opportunities, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
  (I) DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS OF THE PLANNING UNIT, OR ANY OF THE MUNICI-
PALITIES THEREIN, TO FACILITATE, PARTICIPATE, OR ASSIST IN  THE  MANAGE-
MENT  OF  EXCESS FOOD, FOOD SCRAPS, AND OTHER ORGANIC WASTE IN THE SOLID
WASTE STREAM INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  DESCRIPTION  OF  PROGRAMS
PROVIDING  (A)  ASSISTANCE WITH REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF EXCESS FOOD, FOOD
SCRAPS, AND ORGANIC WASTE GENERATED, (B) EXCESS  FOOD  TO  ENTITIES  FOR
FEEDING  THE  FOOD INSECURE, (C) EXCESS FOOD AND FOOD SCRAPS FOR FEEDING
ANIMALS, AND (D) FOOD AND OTHER ORGANIC WASTE TO  PROCESS  AND  GENERATE
SOIL AMENDMENT OR OTHER PRODUCTS FOR USE IN AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL,
MANUFACTURING, OR OTHER APPLICATIONS; AND
  (II) ASSESSMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF (A) KNOWN ENTITIES ACCEPTING EXCESS
FOOD  DONATIONS  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF PROVIDING NOURISHMENT TO THE FOOD
INSECURE AND ESTIMATED AMOUNTS, ACCORDING TO ANY USEFUL CATEGORIES, SUCH
AS PERISHABLE AND NON-PERISHABLE, THAT ARE AVAILABLE, (B) KNOWN ENTITIES
THAT ACCEPT EXCESS FOOD AND FOOD SCRAPS FOR FEEDING ANIMALS,  AND  ESTI-
MATED  AMOUNTS,  ACCORDING TO AVAILABLE USEFUL CATEGORIES, AND (C) KNOWN
ENTITIES THAT ACCEPT FOOD AND OTHER ORGANIC WASTE TO PROCESS AND  GENER-
ATE  SOIL  AMENDMENT OR OTHER PRODUCTS, AND ESTIMATED AMOUNTS, ACCORDING
TO AVAILABLE USEFUL CATEGORIES.
  S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of  the  month  following
the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.

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Senate Bill S7323

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2015-S7323 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S7323 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S7323 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7323 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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