 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6554
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 16, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. METZGER, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
          reuse of tires
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 50 to read as follows:
     3    50. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner  of  envi-
     4  ronmental  conservation, shall promulgate rules and regulations allowing
     5  the reuse of tires in agricultural production including, but not limited
     6  to, for the protection of animal feeds in a manner that  protects  farm-
     7  ers,  workers and animal health and addresses the vector threat posed by
     8  such tires using techniques appropriate for protection of  human  health
     9  and  the  environment  to  prevent the site from being a vector breeding
    10  area.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    12  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    13  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    14  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    15  completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13237-02-9
Relates to the reuse of tires

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