NY State Senate Bill 2021-S2054

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2021-S2054 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5491
Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add §71-2731, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S6867
2023-2024: S5841

2021-S2054 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits certain solid waste polluters from procuring public contracts for certain periods of time after violations and until all debts to the state are satisfied; prohibits individuals found guilty of solid waste pollution from serving as members of any board of any entity engaged in solid waste removal and disposal.

2021-S2054 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2054

SPONSOR: SANDERS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting any solid waste polluter from procuring solid waste public
contracts

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To prevent persons who violate solid waste pollution provisions from
entering into solid waste public contracts.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

The ECL is amended by adding a new section 71-2728. Subdivision 1 is a
definition section.

Subdivisions 2 and 3 require that any person found guilty of violating
the solid waste provisions of the ECL is prohibited from procuring any

solid waste public contracts for a certain period of time, depending on
the level of the charged offense.

Subdivision 4 provides that any individual found guilty of violating a
solid waste pollution provision of the ECL is prohibited from serving as
a member of any board or other controlling body of an entity engaged in
solid waste removal and disposal.

Subdivision 5 provides that if an entity reorganizes under bankruptcy
provisions and incorporates as a new entity it will still be barred from
procuring a public contract.

Subdivision 6 provides that any prohibition period imposed by this
section is in addition to any other penalty authorized by the ECL.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under current law, there is no requirement for persons making bids for
public solid waste contracts to have an unblemished environmental
record. In order to ensure work will be done in a non-polluting and
legal manner, those persons found to have violated solid waste e
pollution provisions of the ECL should be prohibited from making bids on
public contracts. In cases where multiple violations have occurred,
there should be a permanent ban on awarding such public contracts. This
policy will eliminate environmental violators from the solid waste
removal and disposal industry and give a clear message that continued
violation of pollution laws will not be tolerated or rewarded.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2013-14: A.1689/EnCon
2011-12: A.707/Encon
2009-10: A.1321/Encon
2007-08: A.3319/Encon
2005-06: A.3201/Encon
2003-04: A.4516-A/Encon

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the department of envi-
ronmental conservation is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and
regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this act
on its effective date, on or before such date.

2021-S2054 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2054
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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
   prohibiting any solid waste polluter from procuring solid waste public
   contracts

   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 71-2731 to read as follows:
 §  71-2731. ENFORCEMENT OF SOLID WASTE POLLUTION VIOLATIONS; PROHIBITION
              OF PROCUREMENT OF SOLID WASTE PUBLIC CONTRACTS.
   1. WHEN USED IN THIS SECTION:
   A. "SOLID WASTE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 27-0701 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   B. "PROCUREMENT OF A SOLID WASTE PUBLIC CONTRACT" MEANS ANY SUBMISSION
 OF  BIDS, ENTRANCE INTO CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND CONDUCTION OF ANY
 CONTRACTUAL BUSINESS WITH ANY PUBLIC ENTITY WITHIN THE STATE, THAT DEALS
 WITH SOLID WASTE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,  ANY  STATE  OR  LOCAL
 BOARD, AGENCY, COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OR AUTHORITY.
   2.  ANY  PERSON FOUND GUILTY OF A FELONY VIOLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION
 71-2703 OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM PROCURING ANY SOLID WASTE
 PUBLIC CONTRACTS FOR THE FOLLOWING PERIODS:
   A. AFTER ONE VIOLATION, THE PROHIBITION PERIOD  SHALL  BE  FIVE  YEARS
 FOLLOWING  THE DATE OF THE JUDGMENT, VERDICT, DECISION OR ORDER IMPOSING
 SUCH VIOLATION.
   B. AFTER TWO VIOLATIONS, THE PROHIBITION PERIOD  SHALL  BE  TEN  YEARS
 FOLLOWING  THE DATE OF THE JUDGMENT, VERDICT, DECISION OR ORDER IMPOSING
 SUCH SECOND VIOLATION. SUCH PROHIBITION PERIOD SHALL BE IN  ADDITION  TO
 ANY OTHER PROHIBITION PERIOD ALREADY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   C.  AFTER  THREE  OR  MORE  VIOLATIONS,  THE VIOLATING PERSON SHALL BE
 PERMANENTLY PROHIBITED FROM PROCURING ANY SOLID WASTE PUBLIC CONTRACTS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD05850-01-1

 S. 2054                             2
 
   3. ANY PERSON FOUND  GUILTY  OF  A  MISDEMEANOR  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 71-2703 OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM PROCURING ANY SOLID WASTE
 PUBLIC CONTRACTS FOR THE FOLLOWING PERIODS:
   A.  AFTER  ONE  VIOLATION,  THE  PROHIBITION  PERIOD SHALL BE ONE YEAR
 FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THE JUDGMENT, VERDICT, DECISION OR ORDER  IMPOSING
 SUCH VIOLATION.
   B.  AFTER  TWO  VIOLATIONS,  THE PROHIBITION PERIOD SHALL BE TWO YEARS
 FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THE JUDGMENT, VERDICT, DECISION OR ORDER  IMPOSING
 SUCH  SECOND  VIOLATION. SUCH PROHIBITION PERIOD SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO
 ANY OTHER PROHIBITION PERIOD ALREADY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   C. AFTER THREE OR MORE VIOLATIONS, THE  PROHIBITION  PERIOD  SHALL  BE
 FIVE  YEARS  FOLLOWING  THE  DATE  OF THE JUDGMENT, VERDICT, DECISION OR
 ORDER IMPOSING SUCH THIRD VIOLATION AND EACH SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION THERE-
 AFTER.  SUCH PROHIBITION PERIOD SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PROHI-
 BITION PERIOD ALREADY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   4. ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF  A  VIOLATION  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  71-2703  OF  THIS  TITLE  SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM SERVING AS A
 MEMBER OF ANY BOARD OR OTHER CONTROLLING BODY OF ANY ENTITY  ENGAGED  IN
 THE BUSINESS OF SOLID WASTE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL.
   5.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THIS SECTION
 SHALL REMAIN APPLICABLE TO ANY VIOLATING  ENTITY  THAT  REORGANIZES  AND
 INCORPORATES  AS  A NEW ENTITY PURSUANT TO TITLE 11 OF THE UNITED STATES
 CODE.
   6. ANY PROHIBITION PERIOD IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE IN ADDITION
 TO ANY OTHER PENALTY AUTHORIZED BY THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective  immediately,  the  department  of
 environmental conservation is authorized to promulgate any and all rules
 and  regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this
 act on its effective date, on or before such date.

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Senate Bill S2054

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

2021-S2054 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S2054 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S2054 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2054 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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James Sanders Jr.

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

2021-S2054 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S2054 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S2054 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2054 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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