Bill Text: NY A10354 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits the use of plastic bags until January 1, 2021 and suspends any rule or regulation concerning bag waste reduction currently in effect until January 1, 2021 in response to the public health emergency related to the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-29 - referred to environmental conservation [A10354 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10354-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10354

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 29, 2020
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        Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to amend part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019, amending the
          environmental conservation law and other laws relating to establishing
          guidelines for bag waste reduction, in relation to  the  effectiveness
          thereof; and suspends any rule or regulation concerning such bag waste
          reduction currently in effect until January 1, 2021 in response to the
          public health emergency related to the coronavirus (COVID-19)

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

     1    Section 1. Section 5 of part H of chapter 58  of  the  laws  of  2019,
     2  amending  the  environmental conservation law and other laws relating to
     3  establishing guidelines for bag waste reduction, is amended to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    § 5. This act shall take effect [March 1, 2020] January 1, 2021.
     6    §  2. Any rule or regulation established and/or enacted in furtherance
     7  of part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019  are  hereby  suspended  and
     8  shall resume effectiveness on January 1, 2021.
     9    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
    10  have been in full force and effect on and after March 1, 2020.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16014-02-0