Establishes a task force to study and report on the feasibility of a mandatory and/or voluntary cigarette filter recycling program and requires the task force to conduct a public hearing on the feasibility, economic and public health impacts, and the effectiveness of such program.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5047
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER, COOK, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. BOYLAND, ROBINSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Environmental Conservation
AN ACT in relation to establishing a task force to study and report on
the feasibility of a cigarette filter recycling program; 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. A three member task force is hereby established to assess
2 the feasibility, economic and public health impacts, and effectiveness
3 of a mandatory and/or voluntary cigarette filter recycling program.
4 § 2. The task force shall be comprised of the commissioners of econom-
5 ic development, public health, and environmental conservation, who may
6 designate representatives to act on their behalf.
7 § 3. The task force shall meet as frequently as its business may
8 require and members of the task force shall receive no compensation for
9 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
10 incurred in performance of their duties.
11 § 4. (a) The task force shall conduct a public hearing in each region
12 of the state and solicit public commentary on the feasibility, economic
13 and public health impacts, and effectiveness of a mandatory and/or
14 voluntary cigarette filter recycling program. Provision shall be made
15 for the solicitation of interested parties and experts in the fields of
16 environmental conservation and public health.
17 (b) Notice of such hearings shall, not less than two weeks prior to
18 the scheduled date, be posted conspicuously and printed in a newspaper
19 or newspapers having general circulation within the region in which such
20 hearing shall be held.
21 § 5. The task force shall provide a report to the governor and the
22 legislature on or before January 1, 2015. Such report shall include:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (a) the general feasibility of both mandatory and voluntary cigarette
2 filter recycling programs and any other information and concerns gath-
3 ered from the public hearing required pursuant to section four of this
4 act; and
5 (b) recommendations for both a voluntary and mandatory cigarette
6 filter recycling programs.
7 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
8 deemed repealed on January 1, 2015.
