A10719 Summary:
| BILL NO | A10719 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S09938 |
| SPONSOR | Rules (Anderson) |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §§27-0111 & 71-2731, En Con L | |
| Relates to requiring certain figures in solid waste removal estimates and final invoices including the total tare weight of the waste removal project; includes graduated penalties for offenses. | |
A10719 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10719 IN ASSEMBLY September 18, 2024 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Anderson) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to solid waste removal The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 27-0111 to read as follows: 3 § 27-0111. Rubbish removal invoices. 4 1. Each company engaged in solid waste management and disposal shall: 5 (a) Inform customers of the cost per unit of weight of solid waste 6 removal prior to the start of a waste removal project; and 7 (b) Provide such customers with an invoice of the final cost of such 8 waste removal project, which includes the total tare weight of such 9 weight removal project, immediately after the completion of such 10 project. 11 2. Each receipt required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision one 12 of this section shall contain the following notice: 13 "THIS INVOICE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 27-0111 AND 14 71-2731 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW." 15 § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new 16 section 71-2731 to read as follows: 17 § 71-2731. Enforcement of section 27-0111 of this chapter. 18 1. Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any provision of 19 or fails to perform any duty imposed pursuant to section 27-0111 of this 20 chapter shall upon the first finding of such a violation be liable for a 21 civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars. Any person convicted 22 of a second violation shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed 23 two thousand five hundred dollars. Any person convicted of a third or 24 subsequent violation shall be eligible for the revocation of their 25 licensing to do business in the state. 26 2. All civil penalties and fines collected for any violation of 27 section 27-0111 of this chapter shall be paid over to the commissioner 28 for deposit in the environmental protection fund established by section 29 ninety-two-s of the state finance law. 30 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. A LBD15838-03-4