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Assembly Bill A11697

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits the distribution and use of business transaction paper containing bisphenol A

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2009-A11697 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8468
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง37-0508, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S3089

2009-A11697 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the distribution and use of business transaction paper containing bisphenol A.

2009-A11697 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  11697

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            September 1, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  -- (at request of M. of A. Maisel,
  Englebright) -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Environ-
  mental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  prohibiting the distribution and use of paper containing  bisphenol  A
  for the recording of any business transaction

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

  Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
new section 37-0508 to read as follows:
S 37-0508. TRANSACTION PAPER.
  NO  PERSON,  FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
OR CORPORATION, INCLUDING BANKING ORGANIZATIONS, SHALL DISTRIBUTE OR USE
ANY PAPER CONTAINING BISPHENOL A FOR THE RECORDING OF  ANY  BUSINESS  OR
BANKING  TRANSACTION  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RECEIPTS, CREDITS,
WITHDRAWALS, DEPOSITS, AND CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD RECORDS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD18063-01-0

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