STATE OF NEW YORK
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3608
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 7, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
vation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the use of thermal paper receipts or cash 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. Section 37-0503 of the environmental conservation law, as
2 added by chapter 280 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 37-0503. Definitions.
4 As used in this title[,]:
5 1. "child care product" means all pacifiers and unfilled beverage
6 containers to be used by children under three years old for the consump-
7 tion of liquids including pacifiers, baby bottles, baby bottle liners
8 and cups, cup lids, straws and sippy cups.
9 2. "thermal receipt paper" or "cash receipt paper" means any paper
10 that is used by a commercial entity to issue a mechanically produced
11 record of a commercial transaction.
12 § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new
13 section 37-0508 to read as follows:
14 § 37-0508. Thermal receipt paper.
15 No person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale or distribute in
16 this state any thermal receipt paper or cash register paper that
17 contains bisphenol-A.
18 § 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2015. Effective immediate-
19 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
20 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is
21 authorized to be made on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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