NY State Senate Bill 2019-S891

Senate Bill S891

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for the payment of compensation by the department of environmental conservation to electronic waste collection sites, collection facilities and recycling facilities

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2019-S891 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §27-2605, En Con L; amd §92-s, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S6532
2017-2018: S5553

2019-S891 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the payment of compensation by the department of environmental conservation to electronic waste collection sites, consolidation facilities and recycling facilities for costs not paid by a manufacturer or manufacturers of electronic equipment.

2019-S891 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S891

SPONSOR: YOUNG
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance
law, in relation to manufacturer liability for the cost of collection,
handling, and recycling and reuse of electronic waste, and compensation
by the state to electronic waste collection sites, consolidation facili-
ties and recycling facilities for those costs not paid by a manufacturer

 
PURPOSE:

To provide for the payment of compensation by the Department of Environ-
mental Conservation to electronic waste collection sites, collection
facilities, recycling facilities and counties.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Subdivision 8 of section 27-2605 of the environmental conservation law
is further amended to include a new subdivision (b) which states that

any electronic waste collection site, electronic waste consolidation
facility, electronic waste recycling facility, or county which collects,
handles, and/or recycles or reuses any item of covered electronic equip-
ment may submit an application to the commissioner, in such form and
containing such information as the commissioner may require, for state
assistance payments toward such costs, and the commissioner shall review
such application and shall approve such application for the actual cost
of collecting, handling, and/or recycling or reuse covered electronic
equipment incurred within the state of New York.

Section 2 amends paragraph (b) of subdivision 6 of section 92-s of the
state finance law, to allow for the payment of the costs of collection,
handling, and/or recycling and reuse of electronic waste, pursuant to
paragraph (b) of subdivision eight of section 27-2605 of the environ-
mental conservation law.

Section 3 amends subdivision 8 of section 92-s of the state finance law
to provide that the comptroller shall, during each quarter, allocate
moneys from the solid waste account to the department of environmental
conservation for the payment of claims for compensation anticipated to
be submitted, pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision eight of section
27-2605 of the environmental conservation law, during such quarter.

Section 4 provides that this act shall take effect on the first of Janu-
ary next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law, and
shall apply to the electronic waste collected, handled, and/or recycled
and reused on or after January 1, 2018; provided, however, that effec-
tive immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
date is authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before
such effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The "NYS Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act" was signed into
law on May 28, 2010, with the purpose of establishing a state-wide elec-
tronic equipment reuse and recycling program. Under this program,

manufacturers provide free and convenient recycling of electronic waste
to most consumers in the state.

This legislation allows electronic waste collection sites, electronic
waste consolidation facilities, electronic waste recycling facilities,
and counties that collect, handle, and/or recycle or reuse any covered
electronic equipment to be reimbursed for the costs of collecting,
handling, and/or recycling and reusing, from the Department of Environ-
mental Conservation By allowing sites to be reimbursed for the actual
cost of collection, this legislation will further promote the safe and
efficient recycling and reuse of electronic equipment.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017, 2018: S.5553-A REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
2016:  S.6532 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law, and shall apply to electronic
waste collected, handled, and/or recycled and reused on or after January
1, 2020; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition,
amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the
implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized and
directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

2019-S891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    891
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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 and the state finance
   law, in relation to manufacturer liability for the cost of collection,
   handling, and recycling and reuse of  electronic  waste,  and  compen-
   sation  by  the  state  to  electronic waste collection sites, consol-
   idation facilities and recycling facilities for those costs  not  paid
   by a manufacturer
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 8 of  section  27-2605
 of  the environmental conservation law is designated paragraph (a) and a
 new paragraph (b) is added to read as follows:
   (B) ANY ELECTRONIC WASTE COLLECTION  SITE,  ELECTRONIC  WASTE  CONSOL-
 IDATION  FACILITY,  ELECTRONIC  WASTE RECYCLING FACILITY OR COUNTY WHICH
 COLLECTS, HANDLES, AND/OR RECYCLES OR REUSES ANY ITEM OF  COVERED  ELEC-
 TRONIC  EQUIPMENT MAY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE COMMISSIONER, IN SUCH
 FORM AND CONTAINING SUCH INFORMATION AS THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY  REQUIRE,
 FOR  STATE  ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TOWARD THE COST OF COLLECTING, HANDLING,
 AND/OR RECYCLING OR REUSE OF COVERED ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT INCURRED WITH-
 IN THE STATE WHEN SUCH COVERED ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WAS  NOT  COLLECTED,
 HANDLED  AND/OR  RECYCLED  OR REUSED PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-2603 OF THIS
 TITLE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REVIEW SUCH APPLICATION AND SHALL  APPROVE
 SUCH  APPLICATION  FOR  THE  ACTUAL COST OF COLLECTING, HANDLING, AND/OR
 RECYCLING OR REUSE OF COVERED ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT INCURRED  WITHIN  THE
 STATE.    COMPENSATION  PURSUANT  TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE PAID WITHIN
 THIRTY DAYS OF RECEIPT OF  AN  APPLICATION  THEREFOR  SUBMITTED  TO  THE
 DEPARTMENT,  IN SUCH FORM AND HAVING SUCH CONTENT AS SHALL BE DETERMINED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER IN RULES AND REGULATIONS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04035-01-9

 S. 891                              2
 
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 6  of  section  92-s  of  the  state
 finance law, as amended by section 3 of part U of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  Moneys  from the solid waste account shall be available, pursuant
 to appropriation and upon certificate of approval of availability by the
 director of the budget, for any non-hazardous municipal landfill closure
 project; municipal waste reduction or recycling project, as  defined  in
 article  fifty-four  of  the  environmental  conservation  law;  for the
 purposes of section  two  hundred  sixty-one  and  section  two  hundred
 sixty-four of the economic development law; any project for the develop-
 ment,  updating or revision of local solid waste management plans pursu-
 ant to sections 27-0107 and 27-0109 of  the  environmental  conservation
 law;  environmental  justice projects and grants [and]; for the develop-
 ment of the pesticide sales and use data base pursuant to  title  twelve
 of  article  thirty-three of the environmental conservation law; AND FOR
 THE PAYMENT OF THE COSTS OF THE COLLECTION, HANDLING,  AND/OR  RECYCLING
 AND  REUSE  OF ELECTRONIC WASTE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION
 EIGHT OF SECTION 27-2605 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
   § 3. Subdivision 8 of section 92-s of the state finance law, as  added
 by chapter 610 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   8. All payments of moneys from the fund shall be made on the audit and
 warrant  of  the  comptroller;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT THE COMPTROLLER
 SHALL, DURING EACH QUARTER, ALLOCATE MONEYS FROM THE SOLID WASTE ACCOUNT
 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  FOR  THE  PAYMENT  OF
 CLAIMS  FOR  COMPENSATION ANTICIPATED TO BE SUBMITTED, PURSUANT TO PARA-
 GRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION 27-2605 OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION LAW, DURING SUCH QUARTER.
   §  4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law,  and  shall  apply  to
 electronic  waste  collected,  handled, and/or recycled and reused on or
 after January 1, 2020; provided, however,  that  effective  immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
 effective date.

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