New York A 2738: Includes removal or threat of removal of religious clothing as aggravated harassment in the second degree

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A02738 Summary:

BILL NOA02738 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJacobson

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COSPNSRCarroll P

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §17-2107, En Con L; amd §92-s, St Fin L

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Prohibits any person or entity from spreading sewage, wastewater or soil amendment products containing sewage, wastewater, or compost from sewage sludge on lands in the state or from selling or distributing the same; requires that penalties from violations be deposited into the environmental protection fund.

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BILL NOA02738 

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01/22/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2738

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 prohibiting sewage, wastewater and soil amendment pollution; and to
 amend the state finance law, in relation to the disposition of funds
 from civil penalties

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as and may be cited
 2 as the "Stop Toxic Fertilizer Act".
 3 § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new
 4 section 17-2107 to read as follows:
 5 § 17-2107. Prohibition against sewage and wastewater pollution.
 6 1. (a) No person or entity shall spread sewage, wastewater or soil
 7 amendment products containing sewage, wastewater, or compost from sewage
 8 sludge on lands in the state for any purpose.
 9 (b) No person or entity shall sell, distribute, or give sewage, waste-
 10 water or soil amendment products containing sewage, wastewater or
 11 compost from sewage sludge in the state.
 12 2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the disposal or
 13 placement of sewage, wastewater or soil amendment products containing
 14 sewage, wastewater, or compost from sewage sludge at a solid waste land-
 15 fill.
 16 3. (a) A person or entity violating this section shall be liable to
 17 the state for a civil penalty of up to ten million dollars for each
 18 occurrence. The penalty shall be commensurate with the scope of the
 19 violation. A hearing or opportunity to be heard shall be provided prior
 20 to the assessment of any civil penalty.
 21 (b) The department is hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of
 22 this section and all monies collected shall be deposited to the credit
 23 of the environmental protection fund established pursuant to section
 24 ninety-two-s of the state finance law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04456-02-5

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 1 (c) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to enforce
 2 the provisions of this section including the institution of hearings and
 3 penalties for violations.
 4 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 92-s of the state finance law, as
 5 amended by chapter 734 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 6 follows:
 7 3. Such fund shall consist of the amount of revenue collected within
 8 the state from the amount of revenue, interest and penalties deposited
 9 pursuant to section fourteen hundred twenty-one of the tax law, the
 10 amount of fees and penalties received from easements or leases pursuant
 11 to subdivision fourteen of section seventy-five of the public lands law
 12 and the money received as annual service charges pursuant to section
 13 four hundred four-n of the vehicle and traffic law, all moneys required
 14 to be deposited therein from the contingency reserve fund pursuant to
 15 section two hundred ninety-four of chapter fifty-seven of the laws of
 16 nineteen hundred ninety-three, all moneys required to be deposited
 17 pursuant to section thirteen of chapter six hundred ten of the laws of
 18 nineteen hundred ninety-three, repayments of loans made pursuant to
 19 section 54-0511 of the environmental conservation law, all mo