Terms Used In New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 27 > Title 10 - Litter and Solid Waste Control

• Beverage: means carbonated soft drinks, water, beer, other malt beverages and a wine product as defined in subdivision thirty-six-a of § 3 of the alcoholic beverage control law. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• Beverage container: means the individual, separate, sealed glass, metal, aluminum, steel or plastic bottle, can or jar used for containing less than one gallon or 3. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• Bottler: means a person, firm or corporation who:
  
  a. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of environmental conservation. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• Dealer: means every person, firm or corporation who engages in the sale of beverages in beverage containers to a consumer for off premises consumption in this state. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• Department: means the department of environmental conservation. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• Distributor: means any person, firm or corporation which engages in the sale or offer for sale of beverages in beverage containers to a dealer. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. ^{Source: U.S. Mint}
• Malt beverages: means any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation or infusion or decoction of barley, malt, hops, or other wholesome grain or cereal and water including, but not limited to ale, stout or malt liquor. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• Place of business: means the location at which a dealer sells or offers for sale beverages in beverage containers to consumers. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Redeemer: means every person who demands the refund value provided for herein in exchange for the empty beverage container, but shall not include a dealer as defined in subdivision four of this section. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• Redemption center: means any person offering to pay the refund value of an empty beverage container to a redeemer, or any person who contracts with one or more dealers or distributors to collect, sort and obtain the refund value and handling fee of empty beverage containers for, or on behalf of, such dealer or distributor under the provisions of section 27-1013 of this title. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Reverse vending machine: means an automated device that uses a laser scanner, microprocessor, or other technology to accurately recognize the universal product code (UPC) on containers to determine if the container is redeemable and accumulates information regarding containers redeemed, including the number of such containers redeemed, thereby enabling the reverse vending machine to accept containers from redeemers and to issue a scrip or receipt for their refund value. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• ships: means any ocean going vessel used to carry passengers or freight in interstate or foreign commerce. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• UPC code: means a standard for encoding a set of lines and spaces that can be scanned and interpreted into numbers to identify a product. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• Use or consumption: means the exercise of any right or power incident to the ownership of a beverage, other than the sale or the keeping or retention of a beverage for the purpose of sale. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
• Water: means any beverage identified through the use of letters, words or symbols on its product label as a type of water, including any flavored water or nutritionally enhanced water, provided, however, that "water" does not include any beverage identified as a type of water to which a sugar has been added. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003