New York S 5489: Relates to declaring the goal of the state of New York to source reduce, reuse, recycle, or compost no less than eighty-five percent of the solid waste generated by the year 2035

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S05489 Summary:

BILL NOS05489 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06125

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRSEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §27-0102, amd §3-0301, En Con L

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Relates to declaring the goal of the state of New York to source reduce, reuse, recycle, or compost no less than eighty-five percent of the solid waste generated by the year 2035.

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BILL NOS05489 

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5489

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, SEPULVEDA -- 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
 declaring the goal of the state of New York to source reduce, reuse,
 recycle, or compost no less than eighty-five percent of the solid
 waste generated by the year 2035

 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 27-0102 to read as follows:
 3 § 27-0102. Declaration of policy.
 4 The legislature hereby declares that it shall be a goal of the state
 5 of New York to source reduce, reuse, recycle, or compost no less than
 6 eighty-five percent of the solid waste generated by the year two thou-
 7 sand thirty-five, and annually thereafter.
 8 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 3-0301 of the environmental conservation
 9 law is amended by adding a new paragraph oo to read as follows:
 10 oo. Advise and cooperate with planning units, as defined in section
 11 27-0107 of this chapter, to achieve the goal of section 27-0102 of this
 12 chapter.
 13 § 3. No later than January 1, 2028, the department of environmental
 14 conservation shall submit a report to the governor and the legislature
 15 outlining strategies to achieve the state's goal pursuant to section
 16 27-0102 of the environmental conservation law.
 17 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08616-01-5

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