New York S 5062: Relates to the creation of an annual report on the race and ethnic data of individuals who have taken a civil service examination

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S05062 Summary:

BILL NOS05062 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06191

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSRADDABBO, COMRIE, MURRAY, RYAN C, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 27 Title 34 §§27-3401 - 27-3445, En Con L

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Enacts the affordable waste reduction act"; defines terms; provides for registration of producer responsibility organizations and service providers; establishes the producer responsibility advisory board; provides for department of environmental conservation responsibilities; provides for producer responsibility advisory board, organization, producer and service provider responsibilities; creates a recyclable or compostable covered materials lists and exempt materials list; establishes producer fees; provides for service provider reimbursement; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS05062 

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02/18/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5062

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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
 producer responsibility

 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 AFFORDABLE WASTE REDUCTION ACT
 5 Section 27-3401. Short title.
 6 27-3403. Definitions.
 7 27-3405. Establish program.
 8 27-3407. Registration of producer responsibility organizations
 9 and service providers.
 10 27-3409. Establishment of producer responsibility advisory
 11 board.
 12 27-3411. Department responsibilities.
 13 27-3413. Producer responsibility advisory board responsibil-
 14 ities.
 15 27-3415. Producer responsibility organization responsibilities.
 16 27-3417. Producer responsibilities.
 17 27-3419. Service provider responsibilities.
 18 27-3421. Needs assessments.
 19 27-3423. Stewardship plan.
 20 27-3425. Recyclable or compostable covered materials lists;
 21 exempt materials list.
 22 27-3427. Producer fees.
 23 27-3429. Service provider; reimbursement.
 24 27-3431. Reporting.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09046-02-5

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 1 27-3433. Producer responsibility organization websites.
 2 27-3435. Anticompetitive conduct.
 3 27-3437. Rulemaking.
 4 27-3439. Providing information.
 5 27-3441. Deposit return system.
 6 27-3443. Enforcement.
 7 27-3445. Packaging product stewardship account.
 8 § 27-3401. Short title.
 9 This title shall be known and may be cited as the "affordable waste
 10 reduction act".
 11 § 27-3403. Definitions.
 12 As used in this title, unless context otherwise requires:
 13 1. "Advisory board" or "board" means the producer responsibility advi-
 14 sory board established under section 27-3409 of this title.
 15 2. "Brand" means a name, symbol, word, or mark that identifies a prod-
 16 uct and attributes the product and its components, including packaging,
 17 to the brand owner.
 18 3. "Brand owner" means a person that owns or licenses a brand or that
 19 otherwise has rights to market a product under the brand, whether or not
 20 the brand's trademark is registered.
 21 4. "Collection rate" means the amount of a covered material by covered
 22 materials type collected by service providers and transported for recy-
 23 cling or composting divided by the total amount of the type of a covered
 24 material by covered materials type sold or distributed into the state by
 25 the relevant unit of measurement established in section 27-3423 of this
 26 title.
 27 5. "Compostable material" means a covered material that:
 28 (a) Has a third-party certification to ASTM D6400, ASTM D6868, or ASTM
 29 D8410, and is labeled accordingly; or
 30 (b) Is demonstrated to be comprised of