STATE OF NEW YORK
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9330
IN SENATE
May 13, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to allowing
certain reusable beverage containers in sports venues
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 391-r to read as follows:
3 § 391-r. Reusable beverage containers in sports venues. 1. For
4 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following
5 meanings:
6 (a) "reusable beverage container" means a drinking vessel that is
7 composed primarily of aluminum or stainless steel, and is designed and
8 manufactured to be capable of multiple reuses, including a bottle or
9 cup.
10 (b) "sports venue" means a building, structure, or place in which
11 professional or collegiate sporting competitions are held.
12 2. A sports venue shall not prohibit an individual attending any
13 professional or collegiate sporting competition in such sports venue
14 from bringing a reusable beverage container into the sports venue;
15 provided, however:
16 (a) a sports venue may require that reusable beverage containers be
17 empty upon entering the sports venue; and
18 (b) a sports venue may restrict reusable beverage containers capable
19 of holding more than twenty-four fluid ounces.
20 3. Any sports venue that violates this section or any rule promulgated
21 pursuant thereto shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed five
22 hundred dollars for the first violation, and seven hundred fifty dollars
23 for any subsequent violation.
24 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
25 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15219-03-4
