New York S 4410: Relates to beverage container handling fees paid to dealers or operators of redemption centers
Status: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (as of 2026-01-07)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 4410
Sponsors: Rachel May, Robert Jackson
Bill Text
Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript S04410 Summary: BILL NOS04410   SAME ASNo Same As   SPONSORMAY   COSPNSRJACKSON   MLTSPNSR   Amd §27-1007, En Con L   Increases the handling fee paid by deposit initiators to dealers or operators of a redemption center from 3.5 cents to 4.5 cents. Go to top S04410 Actions: BILL NOS04410   02/04/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Go to topS04410 Committee Votes: Go to topS04410 Floor Votes: There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session. Go to topS04410 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4410 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAY -- 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 beverage container handling fees paid to dealers or operators of redemption centers; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 27-1007 of the environmental 2 conservation law, as added by section 4 of part SS of chapter 59 of the 3 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 4 6. In addition to the refund value of a beverage container as estab- 5 lished by section 27-1005 of this title, a deposit initiator shall pay 6 to any dealer or operator of a redemption center a handling fee of 7 [three and one-half] four and one-half cents for each beverage container 8 accepted by the deposit initiator from such dealer or operator of a 9 redemption center. Payment of the handling fee shall be as compensation 10 for collecting, sorting and packaging of empty beverage containers for 11 transport back to the deposit initiator or its designee. Payment of the 12 handling fee may not be conditioned on the purchase of any goods or 13 services, nor may such payment be made out of the refund value account 14 established pursuant to section 27-1012 of this title. A distributor who 15 does not initiate deposits on a type of beverage container is considered 16 a dealer only for the purpose of receiving a handling fee from a deposit 17 initiator. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 19 deemed repealed December 31, 2027. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08664-01-5 Go to top • Sitemap Request Information Directions and Maps
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