STATE OF NEW YORK
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1492
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to plas-
tic carryout bags provided by restaurants
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 27-2801 of the environmental
2 conservation law, as added by section 2 of part H of chapter 58 of the
3 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
4 1. "Exempt bag" means a bag: (a) used solely to contain or wrap
5 uncooked meat, fish, or poultry; (b) bags used by a customer solely to
6 package bulk items such as fruits, vegetables, grains, or candy; (c)
7 bags used solely to contain food sliced or prepared to order; (d) bags
8 used solely to contain a newspaper for delivery to a subscriber; (e)
9 bags sold in bulk to a consumer at the point of sale; (f) trash bags;
10 (g) food storage bags; (h) garment bags; (i) bags prepackaged for sale
11 to a customer; or (j) [plastic carryout bags provided by a restaurant,
12 tavern or similar food service establishment, as defined in the state
13 sanitary code, to carryout or deliver food; or (k)] bags provided by a
14 pharmacy to carry prescription drugs.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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