| COSPNSR | Simon, Dinowitz, Rosenthal, Gallagher, Ramos, Paulin, Carroll R, Gonzalez-Rojas, Simone, Reyes,
Rivera, Colton, Burdick, De Los Santos, Shimsky, Epstein, Steck, Alvarez, Raga, Levenberg, Bores,
Stirpe, Lunsford, Hevesi, Sayegh, Kim, Zinerman, Shrestha, Otis, Taylor, Bichotte Hermelyn,
Forrest, Mamdani, Clark, Bronson, Seawright, Kelles, Lucas, McMahon, Weprin, Meeks, Mitaynes,
Tapia, Lee, Davila, Gibbs |
| Amd §§27-1003, 27-1005, 27-1007, 27-1011, 27-1012, 27-1013, 27-1014 & 27-1018; rpld §27-1018, En Con L |
| Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state. |
