Relates to beverage container handling fees paid to dealers or operators of redemption centers

S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6869--B 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 12, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAY, COONEY, HARCKHAM, KAVANAGH, SALAZAR, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to beverage container handling fees paid to dealers or operators of redemption centers; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 27-1007 of the environmental conservation law, as added by section 4 of part SS of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 6. In addition to the refund value of a beverage container as estab- lished by section 27-1005 of this title, a deposit initiator shall pay to any dealer or operator of a redemption center a handling fee of [three and one-half] FOUR AND ONE-HALF cents for each beverage container accepted by the deposit initiator from such dealer or operator of a redemption center. Payment of the handling fee shall be as compensation for collecting, sorting and packaging of empty beverage containers for transport back to the deposit initiator or its designee. Payment of the handling fee may not be conditioned on the purchase of any goods or services, nor may such payment be made out of the refund value account established pursuant to section 27-1012 of this title. A distributor who does not initiate deposits on a type of beverage container is considered EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10766-09-4 S. 6869--B 2 a dealer only for the purpose of receiving a handling fee from a deposit initiator. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed December 31, 2025.