Bill Text: NY A08305 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the sale of beverage containers connected to each other by a separate holding device constructed of plastic.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-17 - reported referred to rules [A08305 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08305-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8305

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 13, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, ENGLEBRIGHT, ABINANTI, GUNTHER, THIELE,
          CRUZ, DINOWITZ, ORTIZ, McDONOUGH -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
          prohibition of the use of plastic beverage container packaging

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  27-1011 of the environmental
     2  conservation law, as amended by section 1 of part PP of  chapter  58  of
     3  the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     4    3. No deposit initiator, distributor or dealer shall sell or offer for
     5  sale  in  this  state  beverage  containers connected to each other by a
     6  separate holding device constructed of  plastic  [which  does  not:  (a)
     7  decompose by photodegradation or biodegradation; or
     8    (b)  comply  with  minimum post-consumer recycled material content and
     9  hole diameter limitations as defined in rules and regulations promulgat-
    10  ed by the department, and is recyclable and indicates a resin  identifi-
    11  cation code].
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13064-01-9