New York S 7551: Establishes the bottle redemption fraud task force

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S07551 Summary:

BILL NOS07551 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03469

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SPONSORBYNOE

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COSPNSRCOONEY

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MLTSPNSR

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Establishes the bottle redemption fraud task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on the fraud, enforcement, and reporting requirements related to the New York state returnable container act.

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BILL NOS07551 

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04/22/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.772

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/19/2025PASSED SENATE

05/19/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/19/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/20/20261ST REPORT CAL.109

01/21/20262ND REPORT CAL.

01/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/03/2026PASSED SENATE

02/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/03/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7551

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BYNOE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to establish the bottle redemption fraud task force; and provid-
 ing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The legislature hereby establishes the bottle redemption
 2 fraud task force (referred to hereinafter as the "task force") to
 3 conduct a comprehensive study of the fraud, enforcement, and reporting
 4 requirements related to the New York state returnable container act.
 5 § 2. (a) Such task force shall consist of fifteen members that shall
 6 be appointed as follows: the state attorney general or their designee;
 7 the commissioner of the department of taxation and finance or their
 8 designee; the commissioner of the department of environmental conserva-
 9 tion or their designee; the state comptroller or their designee; the
 10 chair of the state liquor authority or their designee; the commissioner
 11 of the department of agriculture and markets or their designee; one
 12 member shall be appointed by the district attorneys association of the
 13 state of New York; two members shall be appointed by the temporary pres-
 14 ident of the senate and two members shall be appointed by the speaker of
 15 the assembly, one shall be an individual who represents a municipality,
 16 one shall be an individual who represents a deposit initiator, one shall
 17 be an individual who represents a redemption center, and one shall be an
 18 individual who represents a wholesale distributor; and four members
 19 shall be appointed by the governor, one shall be an individual who
 20 represents a deposit initiator and one shall be an individual who
 21 represents a retailer.
 22 (b) The task force shall be chaired by the attorney general or their
 23 designee thereof.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07041-01-5

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 1 (c) Members of the task force shall receive no compensation for their
 2 services but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in
 3 the performance of their duties in the work of the task force.
 4 (d) Appointed members shall, to the greatest extent practicable have
 5 by education or experience, knowledge of organized retail theft.
 6 (e) The task force is authorized to audit any reverse vending machine.
 7 § 3. Appointments shall be made within 60 days of the effective date
 8 of this act. Any vacancies in the membership of the task force shall be
 9 filled in the same manner provided for in the initial appointment.
 10 § 4. The task force may consult with any organization, government
 11 entity, or person, in the development of its report required under
 12 section five of this act.
 13 § 5. On or before one year after the effective date of this act, the
 14 task force shall submit to the govern