Senate Bill S8936

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the proper collection and disposal of mercury thermostats

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • 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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2023-S8936 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10586
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 27 Title 29 §§27-2901 - 27-2913, En Con L; add §92-kk, St Fin L; amd §4, Chap 550 of 2013

2023-S8936 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the proper collection and disposal of mercury thermostats; establishes a fund for the stewardship of mercury thermostats; extends the effectiveness of the mercury thermostat collection act.

2023-S8936 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8936 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8936
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 the proper  collection  and  disposal  of  mercury
   thermostats;  and  to  amend chapter 550 of the laws of 2013, amending
   the environmental conservation law relating to establishing the mercu-
   ry thermostat collection act, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Title  29 of article 27 of the environmental conservation
 law, as added by chapter 550 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read  as
 follows:
                                  TITLE 29
                     MERCURY THERMOSTAT COLLECTION ACT
 § 27-2901. Definitions.
   1. "Collection program" means a system for the collection, transporta-
 tion, recycling, and disposal of out-of-service mercury thermostats that
 is  financed  and managed or provided by a thermostat manufacturer indi-
 vidually or collectively with other thermostat manufacturers in  accord-
 ance with this section.
   2.  "PRODUCER  RESPONSIBILITY  ORGANIZATION"  MEANS  A  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED BY A THERMOSTAT MANUFACTURER OR GROUP OF  THER-
 MOSTAT  MANUFACTURERS  TO IMPLEMENT AN OUT-OF-SERVICE MERCURY THERMOSTAT
 COLLECTION PROGRAM.
   3. "COLLECTION SITE" MEANS A LOCATION ACCEPTING MERCURY THERMOSTATS AS
 PART OF A MERCURY THERMOSTAT COLLECTION PROGRAM.
   4. "CONTRACTOR" MEANS A PERSON ENGAGED IN THE  BUSINESS  OF  INSTALLA-
 TION,  SERVICE  OR REMOVAL OF HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR-CONDITIONING
 COMPONENTS IN THIS STATE.
   [2.] 5. "Mercury thermostat" means a product or  device  that  uses  a
 mercury  switch  to  sense and control room temperature through communi-
 cation with heating,  ventilation,  or  air-conditioning  equipment  and
 includes thermostats used to sense and control room temperature in resi-
 dential, commercial, industrial and other buildings but does not include
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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