Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to environmental conservation |
May 07, 2015 |
advanced to third reading cal.320 |
May 04, 2015 |
reported |
Mar 17, 2015 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Mar 04, 2015 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A5743
2015-2016 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
co-Sponsors
Amy Paulin
Michelle Schimel
Matthew Titone
Donna Lupardo
multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Herman D. Farrell
Deborah Glick
2015-A5743 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S2493
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 27 Title 28 ยงยง27-2801 - 27-2805, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A428, S2832
2011-2012: A2097, S431
2013-2014: A4973, S3419
2017-2018: A1013, A9692, S4168
2019-2020: A4603, S3069
2015-A5743 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5743 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 4, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, PAULIN, SCHIMEL, TITONE, LUPARDO, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, ROSENTHAL, OTIS, ABINANTI, ROZIC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DINOWITZ, FARRELL, GLICK, HOOPER, PERRY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environ- mental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to food service waste reduction THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "food service waste reduction act". S 2. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new title 28 to read as follows: TITLE 28 FOOD SERVICE WASTE REDUCTION SECTION 27-2801. DEFINITIONS. 27-2803. REQUIRED COMPOSTABLE OR RECYCLABLE DISPOSABLE FOOD SERVICE WARE. 27-2805. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES. S 27-2801. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 1. "AFFORDABLE" MEANS PURCHASABLE FOR NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN PERCENT MORE THAN THE PURCHASE COST OF THE NON-COMPOSTABLE OR NON-RECYCLABLE ALTERNATIVE. 2. "AGENCY" MEANS ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, AGENCY, BOARD, PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR COMMISSION. 3. "COMPOSTABLE" MEANS ALL THE MATERIALS IN THE PRODUCT OR PACKAGE WILL (A) UNDERGO DEGRADATION BY BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES DURING COMPOSTING TO YIELD CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER, INORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND BIOMASS AT A RATE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER KNOWN COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS AND (B) LEAVE NO
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