Senate Bill S901

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires biodegradable filters on cigarettes within two years

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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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2011-S901 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5844
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §27-0721, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3587, A7941
2013-2014: S3427, A206
2015-2016: S2774, A5764
2017-2018: S5614

2011-S901 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that within two years it shall be unlawful to sell filtered cigarettes in this state unless the filter is biodegradable; provides for a civil penalty not to exceed $100 for each violation.

2011-S901 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S901 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   901

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- 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
  providing biodegradable filters on cigarettes

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative intent.  Cigarette filters do not decompose and
return to the soil.  Consequently they produce unsightly litter as  well
as posing a possible threat to any water system that they may be flushed
into,  through  plumbing  or  natural drainage. It is the intent of this
legislation to improve the quality of life by removing  the  litter  and
reducing  the  danger  of  possible chemical reaction through the use of
biodegradable filters.
  S 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
section 27-0721 to read as follows:
S 27-0721. FILTERS ON CIGARETTES TO BE BIODEGRADABLE.
  1.  WITHIN  TWO  YEARS  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, NO
FILTERED CIGARETTES SHALL BE SOLD OR OFFERED  FOR  SALE  IN  THIS  STATE
UNLESS  THE MANUFACTURER THEREOF HAS CERTIFIED IN WRITING TO THE DEPART-
MENT THAT THE FILTER IS BIODEGRADABLE.
  2.  A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A CIVIL PENALTY
NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION THEREOF.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04076-01-1


              

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