Bill Text: NY S06750 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6750 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Enacts the "NY plastic free act"; prohibits the sale or distribution of single-use plastic products in the state; defines terms; provides exceptions for persons with medical conditions and single-use plastic bags for garbage collection.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S06750 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06750-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6750

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                   September 25, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          enacting the "NY plastic free act"

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

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "NY plastic free act".
     3    §  2.  Article  27 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
     4  adding a new title 30 to read as follows:
     5                                  TITLE 30
     6                             NY PLASTIC FREE ACT
     7  Section 27-3001. Definition.
     8          27-3003. Single-use plastic products prohibited.
     9  § 27-3001. Definition.
    10    For the purposes of this title, "single-use  plastic  products"  shall
    11  include:
    12    1. plastic bags;
    13    2. cling film plastic food packaging;
    14    3. non-recyclable plastic bottles;
    15    4. plastic straws;
    16    5.  plastic  plates,  non-reusable  plastic  containers, plastic cups,
    17  plastic lids, and plastic stirrers;
    18    6. plastic cutlery;
    19    7. plastic rings used in packaging;
    20    8. styrofoam plates,  styrofoam  take-away  containers  and  styrofoam
    21  trays; and
    22    9.  any other single-use plastic products determined to be included by
    23  the department.
    24  § 27-3003. Single-use plastic products prohibited.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13839-02-9

        S. 6750                             2

     1    1. No person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability compa-
     2  ny or corporation shall sell or offer for sale or provide to any  person
     3  in the state any single-use plastic products.
     4    2. This section shall not apply to:
     5    (a)  the purchase of plastic straws for a person requiring such straws
     6  due to a medical condition;
     7    (b) the purchase of single-use plastic bags  for  garbage  collection;
     8  and
     9    (c) single-use plastic medical equipment.
    10    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    11  have become a law.