Assembly Bill A493

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides plastic or composite eating utensils at state correctional facilities

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2021-A493 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1931
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §626, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10546, S8206
2019-2020: A1591, S1202
2023-2024: A1770, S4483

2021-A493 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing only plastic or composite eating utensils at state correctional facilities for use in cafeterias, mess halls, canteens, commissaries, or any other dining facility located within.

2021-A493 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    493
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JONES, BYRNE, McDONOUGH, SANTABARBARA, J. RIVERA,
   MIKULIN,  RICHARDSON  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, COOK,
   FRIEND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing plastic  or
   composite eating utensils at state correctional facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new  section  626
 to read as follows:
   §  626. EATING UTENSILS. ALL EATING UTENSILS PROVIDED BY STATE CORREC-
 TIONAL FACILITIES TO INDIVIDUALS HOUSED IN SUCH FACILITIES  FOR  USE  IN
 CAFETERIAS,  MESS  HALLS,  CANTEENS,  COMMISSARIES,  OR ANY OTHER DINING
 FACILITY LOCATED WITHIN, SHALL BE MADE SOLELY FROM  PLASTIC  OR  ANOTHER
 COMPOSITE MATERIAL.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04421-01-1

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