Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 29, 2012 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A10433
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
KAVANAGH
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-A10433 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง27-2701, 27-2703, 27-2705, 27-2707 & 27-2709, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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A191
2011-A10433 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10433 I N A S S E M B L Y May 29, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the recycling of film plastic THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 27-2701 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 641 of the laws of 2008, is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 7. "FILM PLASTIC" MEANS UNCONTAMINATED NON-RIGID FILM PLASTIC PACKAG- ING PRODUCTS COMPOSED OF PLASTIC RESINS, WHICH INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, NEWSPAPER BAGS, DRY CLEANING BAGS AND SHRINK-WRAP. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 27-2703 of the environmental conserva- tion law, as added by chapter 641 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 1. The operator of a store shall establish an at-store recycling program pursuant to the provisions of this title that provides an oppor- tunity for a customer of the store to return to the store clean plastic carryout bags AND FILM PLASTIC. S 3. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 of section 27-2705 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 641 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows: 2. a plastic carryout bag collection bin that is visible, easily accessible to the consumer, and clearly marked that the collection bin is available for the purpose of collecting and recycling plastic carry- out bags AND FILM PLASTIC. This subdivision shall apply to stores not within an enclosed shopping mall and stores of at least fifty thousand square feet within an enclosed shopping mall. In the case of an enclosed shopping mall, the owner of the enclosed mall shall place bins at reasonable intervals throughout the enclosed mall area; 3. all plastic carryout bags AND FILM PLASTIC collected by the store to be collected, transported and recycled along with any other in-store plastic recycling, except for plastic bags that are not sufficiently free of foreign material to enter the recycling stream. Plastic carryout EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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