Senate Bill S3052

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires N.Y. city to collect discarded recyclable materials at city parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other 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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2017-S3052 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4001
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Add §20-h, Gen City L; amd §54-0701, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5574
2011-2012: S1917
2013-2014: S929
2015-2016: S1161, A6097
2019-2020: S4337, A3395
2021-2022: S1426, A4115
2023-2024: S727, A3933

2017-S3052 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires cities with a population of one million or more to collect discarded recyclable materials at city parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other recreational facilities; requires the posting of signs on facilities without trash receptacles stating that trash must be retained until you reach a trash can; provides state assistance for such programs.

2017-S3052 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3052 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3052
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SERRANO, BAILEY, KRUEGER, SAVINO -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Cities
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  city law, in relation to requiring the
   collection of recyclable materials  at  parks,  playgrounds,  historic
   sites and other recreational facilities in cities with a population of
   one  million or more; and to amend the environmental conservation law,
   in relation to providing state assistance therefor to municipalities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    The general city law is amended by adding a new section
 20-h to read as follows:
   § 20-H. COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE  MATERIALS; CERTAIN CITIES. 1.  EVERY
 CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF  ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL ESTABLISH AND
 IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM FOR THE COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS THAT  ARE
 DISCARDED  IN  CITY  PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, HISTORIC SITES AND OTHER RECRE-
 ATIONAL FACILITIES. SUCH RECYCLABLE MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE
 LIMITED  TO,  METAL,  PLASTIC, GLASS AND PAPER. IN EACH SUCH PARK, PLAY-
 GROUND, HISTORIC SITE AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITY  SUCH  CITY  SHALL
 INSTALL  BINS  FOR  THE  COLLECTION  OF  RECYCLABLE  MATERIALS. THE CITY
 DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION SHALL REGULARLY COLLECT  AND  PROVIDE  FOR  THE
 RECYCLING OF THE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS COLLECTED.
   2.  THE  CITY  SHALL POST SIGNS IN THOSE PORTIONS OF CITY PARKS, PLAY-
 GROUNDS, HISTORIC SITES AND OTHER 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."
   3.  EVERY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE WHICH ESTAB-
 LISHES AND IMPLEMENTS A RECYCLABLES RECOVERY PROGRAM PURSUANT TO  SUBDI-
 VISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR STATE ASSIST-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04977-01-7

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