NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10284
SPONSOR: Rules (Glick) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend chapter 550 of the laws of 2013 amending the environ-
mental conservation law relating to establishing the mercury thermostat
collection act, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to extend the mercury thermostat collection
act.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill would extend, until January 1, 2026, the mercury
thermostat collection program, established under Title 29 of Article 27
of the Environmental Conservation Law.
JUSTIFICATION:
Mercury is a naturally occurring element that can be highly toxic to
humans, depending on its chemical form. Through environmental processes,
mercury cycles between elemental, inorganic, and organic forms. Improper
disposal of mercury-containing devices such as mercury thermostats, can
result in increased amounts of mercury being deposited in the environ-
ment. Mercury containing thermostats can contain between three and four
grams of elemental mercury, because of this relatively large amount of
mercury per device, proper collection and disposal of mercury thermo-
stats must be a priority. The existing mercury thermostat collection
program is set to expire on January 1, 2024, this bill would extend that
by one year.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2013: Chapter 550 of the Laws of 2013 2023: Chapter 349 of the Laws of
2023
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10284
IN ASSEMBLY
May 16, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Glick) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend chapter 550 of the laws of 2013 amending the environ-
mental conservation law relating to establishing the mercury thermo-
stat collection act, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 550 of the laws of 2013, amending the
2 environmental conservation law relating to establishing the mercury
3 thermostat collection act, as amended by chapter 349 of the laws of
4 2023, is amended to read as follows:
5 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
6 deemed repealed January 1, [2025] 2026.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15631-01-4
