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NY S06758

Bill

Status

Passed

12/15/2020

Primary Sponsor

Todd Kaminsky

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Origin

Senate

2019-2020 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes definition of "construction and demolition waste" as waste from alteration, construction, destruction, rehabilitation, or repair of man-made structures, excluding municipal solid waste.

  • Requires waste tracking documents from generators of construction and demolition waste in cities with population of one million or more, with failure to maintain documents as a class A misdemeanor.

  • Creates felony penalties for unlawful disposal of construction and demolition waste on another's property without right: class D felony for 10+ cubic yards or 20,000+ pounds, and class C felony for 70+ cubic yards or 140,000+ pounds.

  • Adds new felony crime of scheme to defraud in the first degree for systematically disposing of solid waste on multiple persons' property fraudulently and causing property damage exceeding $1,000.

  • Effective January 1 of the year following enactment, with authority for immediate rulemaking and regulation implementation.

Legislative Description

Relates to the disposal of construction and demolition waste; provides penalties for the unlawful disposal and dealing in construction and demolition wastes; requires waste tracking documents for the disposal of construction and demolition waste; creates the crime of scheme to defraud by disposal of solid waste.

Last Action

approval memo.38

12/15/2020

Committee Referrals

Rules7/23/2020
Rules7/17/2020
Codes7/14/2020
Environmental Conservation7/11/2020
Rules7/20/2020
Codes1/8/2020
Rules10/2/2019

Full Bill Text

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