Bill Text: NY A06282 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits exclusive vending and minimum purchase provisions in contracts involving the lease of reverse vending machines.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-06 - enacting clause stricken [A06282 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06282-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6282 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting exclusive vending and minimum purchase provisions in contracts involv- ing the lease of reverse vending machines The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 396-uu to read as follows: 3 § 396-uu. Reverse vending machines. 1. Definitions. As used in this 4 section: 5 a. "Reverse vending machine" means an automated device that uses a 6 laser scanner, microprocessor, or other technology to accurately recog- 7 nize the universal product code (UPC) on containers to determine if the 8 container is redeemable and accumulates information regarding containers 9 redeemed, including the number of such containers redeemed, thereby 10 enabling the reverse vending machine to accept containers from redeemers 11 and to issue a scrip or receipt for their refund value. 12 b. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, 13 association or other legal entity. 14 c. "Consumer" means any person who enters into a contract with a deal- 15 er or manufacturer for the lease of a reverse vending machine. 16 d. "Dealer" or "manufacturer" means any person who engages in the 17 business of leasing reverse vending machines and collecting, sorting and 18 obtaining the refund value of empty beverage containers. 19 e. "Redemption center" means any person offering to pay the refund 20 value of empty beverage containers, or any person who contracts with one 21 or more dealers or manufacturers to collect, sort and obtain the refund 22 value of empty beverage containers and determine handling fees of empty 23 beverage containers. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10215-01-9A. 6282 2 1 2. Any dealer or manufacturer leasing reverse vending machines to 2 consumers or redemption centers shall be prohibited from including 3 exclusive vendor and minimum purchase provisions in leasing contracts 4 that require the consumer or redemption center to exclusively utilize 5 the services of such dealer or manufacturer to collect, sort and obtain 6 the refund value of empty beverage containers and determine the handling 7 fees of empty beverage containers. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.