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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4158
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 3, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  FELDER,  GOLDEN, SAVINO, AVELLA -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Rules
 
        AN  ACT  to  establish a moratorium on the adoption or implementation of
          any local law, ordinance, rule or regulation relating  to  charging  a
          fee  for  carryout  merchandise  bags  or a fee of similar effect; and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  There  is hereby established a moratorium on the adoption
     2  and/or implementation of any local law or  ordinance,  or  any  rule  or
     3  regulation,  by a city with a population of one million or more, related
     4  to charging a fee for carryout merchandise bags ("carryout bags")  or  a
     5  fee of similar effect.
     6    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to be
     7  in full force and effect on and after February 15, 2017 and shall expire
     8  and be deemed repealed two hundred and seventy days after  the  adoption
     9  of a local law which re-authorizes, modifies or repeals local law number
    10  63  of  the  city of New York for the year 2016, as amended by local law
    11  number 81 of the city of New York for the year 2016, for the charging of
    12  a fee on customers for carryout bags, which re-authorization,  modifica-
    13  tion  or  repeal  must  be passed by the council of the city of New York
    14  during the term commencing January 1, 2018 and terminating December  31,
    15  2021,  or  any  term  commencing  thereafter. The mayor of a city with a
    16  population of one million or more  shall  notify  the  legislative  bill
    17  drafting  commission  upon  the adoption of such local law in order that
    18  the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective  data  base
    19  of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance
    20  of  effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and
    21  section 70-b of the public officers law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09304-06-7