Senate Bill S1497

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the paper carryout bag reduction fee

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Current 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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2025-S1497 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-2805, En Con L

2025-S1497 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Implements a one year phase-in period for a local law, ordinance or resolution imposing a paper carryout bag reduction fee where forty percent of such fees are returned to such county or city for the purpose of purchasing and distributing reusable bags, with priority given to low- and fixed-income communities, and after the first year, such forty percent of fees shall be remitted to the person who collected the fees.

2025-S1497 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1497 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1497
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  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  the
   paper carryout bag reduction fee
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7  of  section  27-2805  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law,  as added by section 2 of part H of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   7. All paper carryout bag reduction fee monies and any related  penal-
 ties  and  interest remitted to the commissioner of taxation and finance
 under this section, except as hereinafter provided, shall  be  deposited
 daily with such responsible banks, banking houses, or trust companies as
 may  be designated by the state comptroller.  Of the revenues deposited,
 the comptroller shall retain in the comptroller's hands such  amount  as
 the  commissioner  of taxation and finance may determine to be necessary
 for refunds or reimbursements of the fees collected or received pursuant
 to this section, out of which the comptroller shall pay any  refunds  or
 reimbursements of such fees to which persons shall be entitled under the
 provisions of this section. The comptroller, after reserving such refund
 and  reimbursement  fund  shall:    (A) FOR THE FIRST YEAR FOLLOWING THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION IMPOSING A  PAPER
 CARRYOUT  BAG  REDUCTION FEE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION BY A COUNTY OR CITY, on or before the twelfth day of each month,
 pay to the appropriate fiscal officers of the counties or cities  impos-
 ing  tax  under subdivision one of this section an amount equal to forty
 percent of the paper carryout bag reduction fee monies and  any  related
 penalties  and  interest  collected  by the commissioner of taxation and
 finance in respect of each such county or city in the preceding calendar
 month to be used for the purpose of purchasing and distributing reusable
 bags, with priority given to low- and fixed-income communities; AND  (B)
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00154-01-5

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