STATE OF NEW YORK
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5185
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 12, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. METZGER -- 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 a chapter of the
3 laws of 2019 amending the environmental conservation law, the alcoholic
4 beverage control law and the state finance law relating to establishing
5 guidelines for bag waste reduction, as proposed in legislative bill
6 numbers S. 1508-C and A. 2008-C, is amended to read as follows:
7 1. "Exempt bag" means a bag: (a) used solely to contain or wrap
8 uncooked meat, fish, or poultry; (b) bags used by a customer solely to
9 package bulk items such as fruits, vegetables, grains, or candy; (c)
10 bags used solely to contain food sliced or prepared to order; (d) bags
11 used solely to contain a newspaper for delivery to a subscriber; (e)
12 bags sold in bulk to a consumer at the point of sale; (f) trash bags;
13 (g) food storage bags; (h) garment bags; (i) bags prepackaged for sale
14 to a customer; or (j) [plastic carryout bags provided by a restaurant,
15 tavern or similar food service establishment, as defined in the state
16 sanitary code, to carryout or deliver food; or (k)] bags provided by a
17 pharmacy to carry prescription drugs.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
19 manner as part H of a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the environ-
20 mental conservation law, the alcoholic beverage control law and the
21 state finance law relating to establishing guidelines for bag waste
22 reduction, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S. 1508-C and A.
23 2008-C, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11074-01-9
