New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 27 > Title 5 – State Aid For Implementation of Resource Recovery and Other Improved Solid Waste Management Systems
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§ 27-0501 | Definitions |
§ 27-0503 | State aid |
§ 27-0505 | Powers and duties of the commissioner |
§ 27-0507 | Powers of municipalities |
§ 27-0509 | Technical assistance |
Terms Used In New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 27 > Title 5 - State Aid For Implementation of Resource Recovery and Other Improved Solid Waste Management Systems
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- secondary materials: shall mean material recovered from or otherwise destined for the waste stream, including but not limited to, post-consumer material, industrial scrap material and overstock or obsolete inventories from distributors, wholesalers and other companies as defined in rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner of economic development in consultation with the commissioner but such term does not include those materials and by-products generated from, and commonly reused within, an original manufacturing process. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0401