NY State Senate Bill 2023-S4692

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2023-S4692 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4143
Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 27 Title 34 §§27-3401 - 27-3405, amd §27-0107, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A4788
2021-2022: S3222, A5747

2023-S4692 (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.

2023-S4692 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4692

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
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 conserva-
tion law by adding a new title 34, 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 ò
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 aver-
aged over the course of the previous ten weeks:  beginning in 2018, over
two thousand pounds of food waste per week; beginning in 2020, over one
thousand pounds of food waste per week; and beginning in 2022, over five
hundred pounds of food waste per week.c

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 Envi-
ronmental 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 Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 27-0107 of the
Environmental Conservation law, as added by chapter 70 of the laws of
1988 is amended.

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 gener-
ated each year in the United States, or about 34 million tons.  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 materi-
als into useful value-added products for industry, agriculture, horti-
culture, or other beneficial applications (e.g.biodiesel, biogas, soaps,
composts or other soil amendments) 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 consump-
tion. 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 develop-
ment across the state.

 
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.

 
FISCAL IMPACT ON LOCALITIES:

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.

 
IMPACT ON REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS:

None

 
IMPACT ON FINES, IMPRISONMENT, FORFEITURE OF RIGHTS, OR OTHER PENAL
SANCTIONS:

None

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: S.3222 - Referred to Environmental Conservation

2019-20: S.5533- Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

2017-18: S.5461- REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

 
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.

2023-S4692 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4692
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, ADDABBO, HINCHEY, KRUEGER -- 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".
   §  2.  Article  27 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
 adding a new title 34 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 34
      STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOOD WASTE PREVENTION AND DIVERSION
                                    ACT
 SECTION 27-3401. DEFINITIONS.
         27-3403. REQUIRED STATE  AND  MUNICIPAL  FOOD  SERVICE  ORGANICS
                    WASTE MANAGEMENT.
         27-3405. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES.
 § 27-3401. 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.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02582-01-3

 S. 4692                             2
 
   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
 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 TWENTY-THREE AND TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, OVER
 TWO THOUSAND POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE PER WEEK;
   (II) IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE AND TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, OVER ONE
 THOUSAND POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE PER WEEK; AND
   (III) IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN 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.
 §  27-3403.  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-
 S. 4692                             3
 
 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
 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-
 S. 4692                             4
 
 LISHMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING THE  AMOUNT  OF  FOOD  WASTE  AS
 PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 27-3401 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
 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.
 § 27-3405. 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.
   § 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.
   § 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 S4692

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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2023-S4692 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S4692 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S4692 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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Sponsored By

Kevin S. Parker

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

co-Sponsors

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Michelle Hinchey

Liz Krueger

2023-S4692 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S4692 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S4692 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4692 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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