Establishes a distinctive "New York recycles" license plate, with the proceeds from the additional $25 annual service charge therefor to be deposited into the solid waste account of the environmental protection fund for municipal waste reduction or recycling projects.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A3647
SPONSOR: Gunther TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law,
in relation to establishing a distinctive "New York recycles" license
plate
PURPOSE:
The bill would promote reduction, reuse and recycling in NYS through the
production of this license plate and would also raise money for the
Environmental Protection Fund to be allocated to municipal waste
reduction and recycling projects.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
The bill would amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law adding a new section
404-ff to change the current "organization plate" for "New York Recy-
cles" to an "issues" license plate available for an additional annual
twenty five dollar charge. The license plate would still be titled "New
York Recycles" and it would promote reuse, recycling and recovery in New
York State. The bill would require the twenty five dollar annual service
charge from each license plate sale to be credited to the Environmental
Protection Fund Solid Waste Account to fund municipal waste reduction or
recycling activities.
The bill amends subdivision 3 of section 92-s of the state Finance Law
to require that proceeds from the sale of this license plate are appro-
priated to the Solid Waste Account of the Environmental protection Fund.
The bill also establishes that the funds from the license plate sales
shall be used exclusively for municipal waste reduction or recycling
projects. The bill also allows the Department of Motor Vehicles to
recover production costs, if such costs are not covered by the New York
state Association of Reduction, Reuse and Recycling (NYSAR3).
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2019-20: A2222 referred to Transportation
2017-18: A874 referred to Transportation
2015-16: A1806 referred to Transportation/S4535 referred to Transporta-
tion
2013-14: A1622 referred to Transportation/S288 referred to Transporta-
tion
2011-12: A7619 referred to Transportation/S2649 referred to Transporta-
tion
2009-10: S852 referred to Transportation
2007-08: A3359 referred to Transportation/S3837 referred to Finance
2005-06: A6799B/S3643C Veto 227
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3647
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 28, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, SOLAGES, GALEF, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, J. RIVERA -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law,
in relation to establishing a distinctive "New York recycles" license
plate
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
2 section 404-ff to read as follows:
3 § 404-ff. Distinctive "New York recycles" license plates. 1. Any
4 person residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinc-
5 tive "New York recycles" license plate of a design developed and
6 approved by the commissioner, in cooperation with the New York State
7 Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling. Application for such
8 license shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as
9 the commissioner shall prescribe.
10 2. A distinctive "New York recycles" license plate issued pursuant to
11 this section shall be issued in the same manner as other number plates
12 upon the payment of the regular registration fee prescribed by section
13 four hundred one of this article, provided, however, that an additional
14 annual service charge of twenty-five dollars shall be charged for such
15 plate. Each twenty-five dollars received as an annual service charge
16 under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the solid waste
17 account of the environmental protection fund established pursuant to
18 section ninety-two-s of the state finance law and shall be used for
19 municipal waste reduction or recycling projects, pursuant to title seven
20 of article fifty-four of the environmental conservation law. Provided,
21 however, that one year after the effective date of this section, funds
22 in the amount of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be
23 available, shall be allocated from such fund to the department to offset
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 costs associated with the production of such license plates except that
2 no such funds shall be so allocated if the department has received funds
3 for such purpose from the New York State Association for Reduction,
4 Reuse and Recycling.
5 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 92-s of the state finance law, as
6 amended by section 3 of part PP of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is
7 amended to read as follows:
8 3. Such fund shall consist of the amount of revenue collected within
9 the state from the amount of revenue, interest and penalties deposited
10 pursuant to section fourteen hundred twenty-one of the tax law, the
11 amount of fees and penalties received from easements or leases pursuant
12 to subdivision fourteen of section seventy-five of the public lands law
13 and the money received as annual service charges pursuant to section
14 four hundred four-n of the vehicle and traffic law, all moneys required
15 to be deposited therein from the contingency reserve fund pursuant to
16 section two hundred ninety-four of chapter fifty-seven of the laws of
17 nineteen hundred ninety-three, the money received as additional annual
18 service charges pursuant to section four hundred four-ff of the vehicle
19 and traffic law (the entirety of which shall be deposited to the credit
20 of the solid waste account), all moneys required to be deposited pursu-
21 ant to section thirteen of chapter six hundred ten of the laws of nine-
22 teen hundred ninety-three, repayments of loans made pursuant to section
23 54-0511 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys to be deposit-
24 ed from the Northville settlement pursuant to section one hundred twen-
25 ty-four of chapter three hundred nine of the laws of nineteen hundred
26 ninety-six, provided however, that such moneys shall only be used for
27 the cost of the purchase of private lands in the core area of the
28 central Suffolk pine barrens pursuant to a consent order with the North-
29 ville industries signed on October thirteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-
30 four and the related resource restoration and replacement plan, the
31 amount of penalties required to be deposited therein by section 71-2724
32 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys required to be depos-
33 ited pursuant to article thirty-three of the environmental conservation
34 law, all fees collected pursuant to subdivision eight of section 70-0117
35 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys collected pursuant to
36 title thirty-three of article fifteen of the environmental conservation
37 law, beginning with the fiscal year commencing on April first, two thou-
38 sand thirteen, nineteen million dollars, and all fiscal years thereaft-
39 er, twenty-three million dollars plus all funds received by the state
40 each fiscal year in excess of the greater of the amount received from
41 April first, two thousand twelve through March thirty-first, two thou-
42 sand thirteen or one hundred twenty-two million two hundred thousand
43 dollars, from the payments collected pursuant to subdivision four of
44 section 27-1012 of the environmental conservation law and all funds
45 collected pursuant to section 27-1015 of the environmental conservation
46 law, all moneys required to be deposited pursuant to sections 27-2805
47 and 27-2807 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys collected
48 pursuant to section 71-2730 of the environmental conservation law, and
49 all other moneys credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or
50 source pursuant to law. All such revenue shall be initially deposited
51 into the environmental protection fund, for application as provided in
52 subdivision five of this section.
53 § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 6 of section 92-s of the state
54 finance law, as amended by section 3 of part U of chapter 58 of the laws
55 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
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1 (b) Moneys from the solid waste account shall be available, pursuant
2 to appropriation and upon certificate of approval of availability by the
3 director of the budget, for any non-hazardous municipal landfill closure
4 project; municipal waste reduction or recycling project, as defined in
5 article fifty-four of the environmental conservation law; for the
6 purposes of section two hundred sixty-one and section two hundred
7 sixty-four of the economic development law; any project for the develop-
8 ment, updating or revision of local solid waste management plans pursu-
9 ant to sections 27-0107 and 27-0109 of the environmental conservation
10 law; environmental justice projects and grants and for the development
11 of the pesticide sales and use data base pursuant to title twelve of
12 article thirty-three of the environmental conservation law; provided,
13 however, that moneys credited to such account from the money received as
14 additional annual service charges pursuant to section four hundred four-
15 ff of the vehicle and traffic law shall be made available exclusively
16 for municipal waste reduction or recycling projects pursuant to title
17 seven of article fifty-four of the environmental conservation law.
18 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
