Bill Text: NY S02828 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Adds cider to the list of returnable beverage containers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S02828 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02828-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2828
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  MAY,  BRESLIN, GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
          mental Conservation
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          adding cider to the list of returnable beverage containers
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1  of  section  27-1003  of  the  environmental
     2  conservation  law,  as  amended by section 2 of part SS of chapter 59 of
     3  the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1. "Beverage" means carbonated soft drinks, water, cider, beer,  other
     5  malt beverages and a wine product as defined in subdivision thirty-six-a
     6  of section three of the alcoholic beverage control law. "Malt beverages"
     7  means any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation or infusion or
     8  decoction  of barley, malt, hops, or other wholesome grain or cereal and
     9  water including, but not limited to ale, stout or malt  liquor.  "Water"
    10  means  any  beverage  identified  through  the  use of letters, words or
    11  symbols on its product label as a type of water, including any  flavored
    12  water  or  nutritionally enhanced water, provided, however, that "water"
    13  does not include any beverage identified as a type of water to  which  a
    14  sugar  has been added. "Cider" shall have the same meaning as defined in
    15  section three of the alcoholic beverage control law.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    17  ing  the  date upon which it shall have become a law. Provided, however,
    18  that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
    19  rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act  on  its
    20  effective  date  are authorized and directed to be made and completed on
    21  or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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