STATE OF NEW YORK
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5104--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 1, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection --
recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance with
Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring food
vendors to provide a trash receptacle
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-u to read as follows:
3 § 391-u. Food vendors; required trash receptacle. 1. Every food vendor
4 shall provide a trash receptacle within the immediate vicinity of his or
5 her vending vehicle or push cart. Signs instructing patrons to dispose
6 of trash in the receptacle and keep the area clean shall be posted to
7 the vending vehicle or push cart in a conspicuous place.
8 2. For purposes of this section, a food vendor is any person who
9 hawks, peddles, sells, or offers food for sale at retail in any public
10 space.
11 § 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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