Bill Text: NY A09164 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to conduct a study on food waste initiatives and to provide recommendations based on the study's findings.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A09164 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09164-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9164

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 8, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMONE,  McDONALD, ARDILA, GUNTHER, ALVAREZ,
          EACHUS, EPSTEIN, AUBRY, LEVENBERG, TAYLOR, K. BROWN -- read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  authorizing  and  directing  the  commissioner of environmental
          conservation to conduct a study  on  food  waste  initiatives  and  to
          provide recommendations based on the study's findings

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

     1    Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this  act,  the  following
     2  terms shall have the following meanings:
     3    1.  "agency" means any state department, agency, board, public benefit
     4  corporation, public authority, or commission.
     5    2. "food service establishments" shall include, but not be limited to,
     6  the following: full-service restaurants, fast food  restaurants,  cafes,
     7  delicatessens, coffee shops, and cafeterias.
     8    3.  "commissioner"  means  the commissioner of environmental conserva-
     9  tion.
    10    4. "department" means the department of environmental conservation.
    11    5. "food waste" means food that is not required to meet the needs of a
    12  food service establishment and which is disposed of  in  a  manner  such
    13  that it will not be eaten.
    14    6.  "food  waste  initiative"  means  an  initiative regarding the use
    15  and/or disposal of food waste.
    16    § 2. Study. 1. The commissioner is authorized and directed to  conduct
    17  a study on food waste initiatives throughout the state. Such study shall
    18  include, but not be limited to:
    19    a.  food waste initiatives implemented or planned to be implemented by
    20  non-governmental organizations, agencies, and other states and nations;
    21    b. any laws, rules, or regulations  proposed  or  implemented  in  any
    22  municipality; and
    23    c. scholarly articles and proposals for food waste initiatives.
    24    2.  Upon request, an agency shall provide the commissioner with infor-
    25  mation which may help complete the commissioner's study.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02321-01-3
        A. 9164                             2

     1    § 3. Report. The commissioner shall submit to  the  governor  and  the
     2  legislature,  no  later than eighteen months after the effective date of
     3  this act, a report on the findings of the study as well as  the  commis-
     4  sioner's recommendations for reducing food waste within the state.
     5    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.