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A08168 Summary:

BILL NOA08168 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07553

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SPONSORGallagher

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 27 Title 34 §§27-3401 - 27-3419, amd §§71-1701, 27-1901, 27-1905 & 27-1913, En Con L; add §97-uuuu,
St Fin L

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Relates to establishing extended producer responsibility for tires; provides that no later than June 30, 2027 a producer shall submit a plan for the establishment of a collection program for tires; establishes the tire extended producer responsibility fund.

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BILL NOA08168 

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05/05/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8168

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 5, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GALLAGHER -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance
 law, in relation to establishing extended producer responsibility for
 tires

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

 1 Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 2 by adding a new title 34 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 34
 4 EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR TIRES

 5 Section 27-3401. Definitions.
 6 27-3403. Disposal ban.
 7 27-3405. Producer plan.
 8 27-3407. Producer responsibilities.
 9 27-3409. Retailer requirements.
 10 27-3411. Department responsibilities.
 11 27-3413. Tire stewardship advisory board.
 12 27-3415. Post-consumer content requirements.
 13 27-3417. Penalties.
 14 27-3419. Rules and regulations.
 15 § 27-3401. Definitions.
 16 For the purpose of this title, the following terms shall have the
 17 following meanings:
 18 1. "Brand" means a name, symbol, word, or mark that attributes the
 19 product to the owner or licensee of the brand as the producer.
 20 2. "Closed-loop recycling" means recycling in which materials that are
 21 reclaimed are returned to the original process or processes in which
 22 they were generated and they are reused in the production process.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11373-01-5

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 1 3. "Collection program" or "program" means a program financed and
 2 implemented by producers, either individually, or through a represen-
 3 tative organization, that provides for, but is not limited to, the
 4 collection, transportation, reuse, recycling, proper end-of-life manage-
 5 ment, or an appropriate combination thereof, of discarded covered prod-
 6 uct.
 7 4. "Collection site" means a permanent location in the state at which
 8 discarded covered product may be returned by a consumer. Collection
 9 sites shall accept all types of covered product as defined by this title
 10 regardless of brand.
 11 5. "Consumer" means a person located in the state who purchases, owns,
 12 leases, or uses the covered product, including but not limited to an
 13 individual, a business, corporation, limited partnership, not-for-profit
 14 corporation, the state, a public corporation, public school, school
 15 district, private or parochial school, or board of cooperative educa-
 16 tional services or government entity.
 17 6. "Covered product" means a product composed primarily of rubber that
 18 is mounted on the wheels of any type of passenger or commercial on-road
 19 or off-road motorized vehicle, including passenger vehicles, motorcy-
 20 cles, trucks, buses, mobile homes, trailers, noncommercial aircraft and
 21 earthmoving, road building, mining, logging, agricultural, industrial
 22 and other vehicles and that provide mobility. "Covered product" does not
 23 include any product composed primarily of rubber that is mounted on the
 24 wheels of any toy, bicycle, commercial aircraft or personal mobility
 25 device.
 26 7. "Discarded covered product" means covered product that a consumer
 27 has used and disposed of in the state and is no longer used for its
 28 manufactured purpose.