STATE OF NEW YORK
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7650
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. FERNANDEZ -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to requiring publicly accessible compost bins on certain
state land
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is
2 amended by adding a new section 13.08 to read as follows:
3 § 13.08 Requirement of compost bins. The office shall install publicly
4 accessible compost bins on all lands that currently have other publicly
5 accessible waste or recycling bins, including state parks and parkways,
6 under the jurisdiction of the office. The office shall clearly mark each
7 compost receptacle with an indication that only compostable materials
8 are to be deposited in such bin.
9 § 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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