A01566 Summary:
| BILL NO | A01566 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Hawley |
| COSPNSR | Oaks |
| MLTSPNSR | Barclay, Goodell |
| Amd §19-0301, En Con L | |
| Prohibits the DEC from restricting the burning of garbage, refuse or rubbish in an open fire on land possessed by a single family or any part of a farm under certain circumstances. | |
A01566 Actions:
| BILL NO | A01566 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/12/2017 | referred to environmental conservation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/16/2017 | held for consideration in environmental conservation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A01566 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1566 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 12, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, OAKS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Envi- ronmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the burning of garbage, refuse or rubbish in an open fire; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 19-0301 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. a. The department is prohibited from adopting any code, rule, regu- 4 lation or standard that would restrict the burning of garbage, refuse or 5 rubbish, as defined in this section, in an open fire on land possessed 6 by a single family, a member of which is the owner, occupant or lessee 7 of said land, or any part of a farm on which only animal or vegetable 8 waste resulting from the operation of such farm is deposited. 9 b. This subdivision shall not apply to any city or village, or any 10 town with a total town population, including incorporated or unincorpo- 11 rated areas, of greater than twenty thousand. 12 c. For the purposes of this subdivision the following definitions 13 shall apply: 14 (1) "Open fire" shall mean any outdoor fire or outdoor smoke producing 15 process from which air contaminants are emitted directly into the 16 outdoor atmosphere. 17 (2) "Garbage" shall mean the animal and vegetable waste resulting from 18 the handling, preparation, cooking and serving of food. 19 (3) "Refuse" shall mean all waste material, including but not limited 20 to, incinerator residue, street sweepings, dead animals and offal. 21 (4) "Rubbish" shall mean solid or liquid waste material, including but 22 not limited to, paper and paper products, rags, trees or leaves, needles EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01344-01-7A. 1566 2 1 and branches from trees, vines, lawn and garden debris, furniture, wood, 2 and sawdust. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire December 4 15, 2021 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed 5 repealed.