Assembly Bill A7564

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Encourages the elimination of the use of certain single use plastic items at state university of New York and city university of New York campuses

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  • 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-A7564 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6815
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L

2021-A7564 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Encourages the elimination of the use of certain single use plastic items at state university of New York and city university of New York campuses.

2021-A7564 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7564
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to encouraging the elimi-
   nation of the use of certain single use plastic items at state univer-
   sity of New York and city university of New York campuses

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21.  THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT A POLICY REQUIRING THAT
 EACH INSTITUTION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW  YORK  COLLABORATE  WITH
 STUDENTS,  FACULTY  AND STAFF TO ENCOURAGE CAMPUSES TO ELIMINATE THE USE
 OF CERTAIN PLASTIC ITEMS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED BY  THE  PUBLIC  AS  BEING
 DESIGNED  FOR  SINGLE USE. SUCH PLASTIC ITEMS MAY INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT
 BE LIMITED TO,  TABLEWARE,  STRAWS,  STIRRERS,  CUPS  AND  FOOD  SERVICE
 CONTAINERS.  IN  ESTABLISHING SUCH A POLICY, THE TRUSTEES SHALL CONSIDER
 THE FOLLOWING:
   A. THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVES;
   B. THE ACCESSIBILITY OF ALTERNATIVES TO  ALL  STUDENTS,  FACULTY,  AND
 STAFF;
   C. AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REUSABLE ALTERNATIVES; AND
   D. BENCHMARKS FOR ASSESSING PROGRESS.
   §  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT A  POLICY  REQUIRING  THAT  EACH
 INSTITUTION  OF  THE  CITY  UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK  COLLABORATE  WITH
 STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF TO ENCOURAGE CAMPUSES TO ELIMINATE  THE  USE
 OF  CERTAIN  PLASTIC  ITEMS  GENERALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE PUBLIC AS BEING
 DESIGNED FOR SINGLE USE.  SUCH PLASTIC ITEMS MAY INCLUDE, BUT SHALL  NOT
 BE  LIMITED  TO,  TABLEWARE,  STRAWS,  STIRRERS,  CUPS  AND FOOD SERVICE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11423-02-1

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