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- Substituted by A10519
- Ordered to third reading cal.1516
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Requires that unredeemed container deposits shall be credited to the environmental protection fund
Vetoed · Sponsor Robert Sweeney
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BILL NUMBER:S7525
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance law, in relation to requiring retained deposits on unredeemed containers to be deposited into the environmental protection fund
Purpose
This bill would provide a net increase in the amount of funds being added to the Environmental Protection Fund as a result of the Returnable Beverage Container Law, commonly known as The Bottle Bill, beginning in fiscal year 2013-14, without increasing any tax and without altering the existing rights, duties or obligations of businesses or individuals participating in the beverage container deposit refund system.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 27-1012 or the environmental conservation law, as added by section D of part ss or chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follow:
All monies collected or received by the department of taxation and finance pursuant to this title shall he deposited to the credit of the comptroller with such responsible banks, banking houses or trust companies as may be designated by the comptroller. After reserving the amount to pay refunds, the comptroller must by the 10th day of each month pay into the state treasury to the credit of the general fund or into the environmental protection fund, in accordance with schedule listed below:
The portion of the revenue to be deposited into the environmental protection fund after the amount to pay refunds has been reserved shall be:
$10 million in 2013-2014 $20 million in 2014-2015 $30 million in 2015-2016 $40 million in 2016-2017 $50 million in 2017-2018 $56 million in 2018-2019
Justification
New York's "bottle bill" is one of the State's most successful recycling and anti-litter initiatives. There is less litter and broken glass in our streets, fang fields, playgrounds. parks and beaches as a result of the bottle bill. It has also reduced the burden of solid waste disposal that is shouldered by local governments and taxpayers. This legislation amends section (5) of ECL 27-1012 by providing that retained deposit funds received by the State be paid into the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) starting in 2013-14. in phased 25% increments annually, without affecting the 20% of the total retained deposits allowed for by use by the deposit initiators and without affecting the duties and rights of retailers or consumers.
This ensures that income earned by implementation of a part of the Environmental Conservation Law would be devoted to programs benefiting the environment, consistent with the original stated intent of proponents advocating use of the retained deposits for public purposes.
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Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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