Bill Text: NY A01654 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the manufacture, sale or distribution of business transaction paper containing bisphenol A.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-06-13 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [A01654 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A01654-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1654
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. MAISEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         prohibiting the sale of thermal receipt paper containing bisphenol A
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
    2  new section 37-0513 to read as follows:
    3  S 37-0513. THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER.
    4    1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER" OR  "CASH
    5  REGISTER  RECEIPT  PAPER"  MEANS  ANY PAPER THAT IS USED BY A COMMERCIAL
    6  ENTITY TO ISSUE A MECHANICALLY PRODUCED RECORD OF  A  COMMERCIAL  TRANS-
    7  ACTION.
    8    2.  ON  AND  AFTER  OCTOBER 1, 2015 NO PERSON SHALL MANUFACTURE, SELL,
    9  OFFER FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTE ANY THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER OR CASH  REGISTER
   10  RECEIPT PAPER THAT CONTAINS BISPHENOL A.
   11    3.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,
   12  IF THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DOES NOT IDENTIFY A
   13  SAFE, COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE USE OF  BISPHENOL  A  IN
   14  THERMAL  RECEIPT  PAPER OR CASH REGISTER RECEIPT PAPER ON OR BEFORE JUNE
   15  30, 2015, NO PERSON SHALL MANUFACTURE, SELL, OFFER FOR SALE OR  DISTRIB-
   16  UTE  ANY  THERMAL  RECEIPT  PAPER  OR  CASH  REGISTER RECEIPT PAPER THAT
   17  CONTAINS BISPHENOL A ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2017.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04357-01-3