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A00922 Summary:

BILL NOA00922A
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORPaulin
 
COSPNSREnglebright, Abinanti, Gunther, Thiele, Cruz, Dinowitz, McDonough, Niou, Gottfried, Rosenthal L, Otis, Bronson, Simon
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §27-1011, En Con L
 
Prohibits the sale of beverage containers connected to each other by a separate holding device constructed of plastic.
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A00922 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         922--A
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, ENGLEBRIGHT, ABINANTI, GUNTHER, THIELE,
          CRUZ, DINOWITZ, McDONOUGH, NIOU, GOTTFRIED, L. ROSENTHAL, OTIS,  BRON-
          SON  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the Committee on Environmental
          Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental  Conser-
          vation  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
          prohibition of the use of plastic beverage container packaging
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3  of  section  27-1011  of  the  environmental
     2  conservation  law,  as  amended by section 1 of part PP of chapter 58 of
     3  the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     4    3. No deposit initiator, distributor or dealer shall sell or offer for
     5  sale in this state beverage containers connected  to  each  other  by  a
     6  separate  holding  device  constructed  of  plastic [which does not: (a)
     7  decompose by photodegradation or biodegradation; or
     8    (b) comply with minimum post-consumer recycled  material  content  and
     9  hole diameter limitations as defined in rules and regulations promulgat-
    10  ed  by the department, and is recyclable and indicates a resin identifi-
    11  cation code].
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect December 31, 2025.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02095-02-2
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