STATE OF NEW YORK
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1721
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. MURRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to regu-
lation of mulch operations
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. Regulation of mulch operations.
4 The department shall submit for public comment, proposed regulations
5 consisting of new regulatory criteria for mulch processing and storage,
6 regulating large mulch operations in counties having a population of one
7 million or more, no later than January thirty-first, two thousand eigh-
8 teen. The regulations shall take into consideration environmental
9 concerns, public safety concerns, and quality of life concerns.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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