Int 0325-2002

Be it enacted by the Council as follows Section 1. Subdivision d of section 16-325 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 11 for the year 2002, is amended to read as follows: d. The mayor and council shall create a temporary task force in order to develop a long term recycling plan in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The task force shall be comprised of six mutually agreed upon appointees three proposed by the mayor and three proposed by the speaker of the council. The task force shall meet on or before July fifteen two thousand two and monthly thereafter and issue a report to the mayor and speaker on [December fifteen two thousand two. Such report shall also be included with the submission of the January two thousand three financial plan to the council] February twenty-one, two thousand three. The task force shall examine and make recommendations that include steps necessary to improve the efficiency of source separation and collection of recyclable materials; appropriate recycling standards; the identification and development of markets for recyclable materials; the expansion of the New York State Returnable Container Act; and the development and implementation of strategies to educate residents on compliance with the recycling laws. �2. This local law shall take effect immediately, except that in the event it is enacted subsequent to December 15, 2002 it shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect as of December 15, 2002. 12/3/2002 11:30 AM