STATE OF NEW YORK
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8454
IN ASSEMBLY
January 16, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the manufacture, sale or distribution of thermal receipt
paper containing bisphenol A
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
2 new section 37-0513 to read as follows:
3 § 37-0513. Thermal receipt paper.
4 1. For the purposes of this section, "thermal receipt paper" or "cash
5 register receipt paper" means any paper that is used by a commercial
6 entity to issue a mechanically produced record of a commercial trans-
7 action.
8 2. On and after October 1, 2015 no person shall manufacture, sell,
9 offer for sale or distribute any thermal receipt paper or cash register
10 receipt paper that contains bisphenol A.
11 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of this section,
12 if the United States environmental protection agency does not identify a
13 safe, commercially available alternative to the use of bisphenol A in
14 thermal receipt paper or cash register receipt paper on or before June
15 30, 2015, no person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale or distrib-
16 ute any thermal receipt paper or cash register receipt paper that
17 contains bisphenol A on and after July 1, 2017.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
19 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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