New York S 6931: Directs state agencies to adopt a waste diversion plan

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S06931 Summary:

BILL NOS06931A

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SAME ASSAME AS A11032

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRMAY

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §27-0111, En Con L

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Directs state agencies to adopt a waste diversion plan.

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BILL NOS06931A

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03/27/2025REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

05/29/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

05/29/2025PRINT NUMBER 6931A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

05/18/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6931--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and
 Contracts -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law; in relation to
 directing state agencies to adopt a waste diversion plan

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 27-0111 to read as follows:
 3 § 27-0111. State entities waste reduction and diversion.
 4 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
 5 (a) "Affected entities" shall mean any agency or department over which
 6 the governor has executive authority, including all offices and divi-
 7 sions thereof, as well as all public authorities for which the governor
 8 appoints the chair, the chief executive, or the majority of board
 9 members, including all offices and divisions thereof, except for the
 10 port authority of New York and New Jersey. This shall include the state
 11 university of New York and the city university of New York.
 12 (b) "Council" shall mean the GreenNY Council, created pursuant to
 13 executive order twenty-two on September twentieth, two thousand twenty-
 14 two.
 15 2. (a) The council shall be comprised of the commissioner of environ-
 16 mental conservation; the director of the division of the budget; the
 17 commissioner of general services; the commissioner of health; the
 18 commissioner of economic development; the commissioner of transporta-
 19 tion; the commissioner of parks, recreation, and historic preservation;
 20 the president of the environmental facilities corporation; the president
 21 of the New York state energy research and development authority; the
 22 president of the New York power authority; the president of the dormito-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11202-03-5

 S. 6931--A 2

 1 ry authority of the state of New York; and the chief executive officer
 2 of the metropolitan transportation authority.
 3 (b) Members of the council may designate a staff member, and an alter-
 4 nate, to represent them and participate on the council on their behalf.
 5 (c) The council shall be led and co-chaired by the commissioner of
 6 general services, the commissioner of environmental conservation, the
 7 director of the division of the budget, the president of the New York
 8 state energy research and development authority, and the president of
 9 the New York power authority, or their designees. The day-to-day work of
 10 the council shall be performed by executive and program staff of these
 11 leadership agencies and authorities, in consultation with any other
 12 agency or authority staff that participate in council work.
 13 3. (a) All affected entities, in consultation with the department and
 14 the council, shall create a waste diversion plan and file such plan with
 15 the council, that outlines how they will achieve a decrease in waste
 16 disposal of ten percent every five years from a baseline of fiscal year
 17 two thousand eighteen-two thousand nineteen, until reaching a goal of an
 18 overall seventy-five percent decrease.
 19 (b) Waste data reported for these goals shall be broken out into the
 20 following categories:
 21 (i) recycled materials;
 22 (ii) co