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                                   6338
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting illegal dumping on public property
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 27-0111 to read as follows:
   § 27-0111. ILLEGAL DUMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
   1.  FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "DUMP" OR "DUMPING" SHALL
 MEAN TO THROW, DUMP, DEPOSIT OR PLACE, OR CAUSE TO  BE  THROWN,  DUMPED,
 DEPOSITED  OR  PLACED ANY REFUSE, TRASH, GARBAGE, RUBBISH, LITTER OR ANY
 NAUSEOUS OR OFFENSIVE MATTER IN AN AREA NOT  LICENSED  OR  PERMITTED  TO
 RECEIVE  SUCH  REFUSE,  TRASH,  GARBAGE,  RUBBISH, LITTER OR NAUSEOUS OR
 OFFENSIVE MATTER.
   2. IN ADDITION TO ANY PENALTIES IMPOSED UNDER SECTION  16-119  OF  THE
 ADMINISTRATIVE  CODE  OF  THE  CITY OF NEW YORK, NO PERSON SHALL DUMP OR
 PERFORM AN ACT OF DUMPING UPON ANY SIDEWALK, STREET, LOT,  PARK,  PUBLIC
 PLACE,  WHARF,  PIER,  DOCK,  BULKHEAD,  SLIP, NAVIGABLE WATERWAY OR ANY
 OTHER AREA PUBLICLY OWNED BY THE STATE OR A MUNICIPALITY.
   3. A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  PUNISHABLE
 BY A FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND ONE THOUSAND
 DOLLARS  FOR A SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE. IF SITE CLEAN-UP IS DEEMED
 NECESSARY BY THE COMMISSIONER  AS  A  RESULT  OF  A  VIOLATION  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  OFFENDER SHALL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO A FINE EQUAL TO THE SUM
 OF ANY AND ALL EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE CLEAN-UP OR  DECONTAMINATION  OF
 SUCH DUMPING SITE.
   4.  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY REWARD SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION F OF SECTION
 16-119 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, A WITNESS  TO
 A  VIOLATION  SET  FORTH  IN  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION MAY SUBMIT
 EVIDENCE OF SUCH VIOLATION TO THE COMMISSIONER. IF SUCH  EVIDENCE  LEADS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 TO  A  FINE FOR SUCH VIOLATION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL OFFER AS A REWARD
 TO SUCH WITNESS IN AN AMOUNT THAT IS AT THE DISCRETION  OF  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER. EVIDENCE OF A VIOLATION MAY INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) A VIDEO OF THE DUMPING; OR
   (B) A PICTURE OF A LICENSE PLATE OF A VEHICLE SUSPECTED OF DUMPING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.