Senate Bill S5185

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to plastic carryout bags provided by restaurants

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S5185 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7363
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-2801, En Con L (as proposed in S.1508-C & A.2008-C)
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A2426
2023-2024: A3576

2019-S5185 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the exemption for restaurants, taverns or similar food service establishments from the New York state bag waste reduction act.

2019-S5185 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5185 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5185
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 12, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  27-2801 of the environmental
 conservation law, as added by section 2 of part H of a  chapter  of  the
 laws  of 2019 amending the environmental conservation law, the alcoholic
 beverage control law and the state finance law relating to  establishing
 guidelines  for  bag  waste  reduction,  as proposed in legislative bill
 numbers S. 1508-C and A. 2008-C, is amended to read as follows:
   1. "Exempt bag" means a bag:  (a)  used  solely  to  contain  or  wrap
 uncooked  meat,  fish, or poultry; (b) bags used by a customer solely to
 package bulk items such as fruits, vegetables,  grains,  or  candy;  (c)
 bags  used  solely to contain food sliced or prepared to order; (d) bags
 used solely to contain a newspaper for delivery  to  a  subscriber;  (e)
 bags  sold  in  bulk to a consumer at the point of sale; (f) trash bags;
 (g) food storage bags; (h) garment bags; (i) bags prepackaged  for  sale
 to  a  customer; OR (j) [plastic carryout bags provided by a restaurant,
 tavern or similar food service establishment, as defined  in  the  state
 sanitary  code,  to carryout or deliver food; or (k)] bags provided by a
 pharmacy to carry prescription drugs.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as part H of a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the environ-
 mental conservation law, the alcoholic  beverage  control  law  and  the
 state  finance  law  relating  to  establishing guidelines for bag waste
 reduction, as proposed in legislative bill  numbers  S.  1508-C  and  A.
 2008-C, takes effect.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11074-01-9

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