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Assembly Bill A6318

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the covering of mattresses and box springs when they are disposed of

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2011-A6318 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง389-d, Gen Bus L

2011-A6318 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the covering of mattresses and box spring when they are removed from the premises where they were used and during the entire process where they are disposed of; provides an exemption for cities having a population of one million or more; imposes a civil penalty of $100 for any violation of such provisions.

2011-A6318 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6318

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. SPANO, M. MILLER, JAFFEE, N. RIVERA, DINOWITZ,
  MARKEY, ROSENTHAL, CASTRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  JEFFRIES,
  McLAUGHLIN, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the disposal of
  bedding

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

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
389-d to read as follows:
  S 389-D. DISPOSAL OF BEDDING.   1. EACH  PIECE  OF  BEDDING  SHALL  BE
ENCLOSED  IN A PROTECTIVE CONTAINER PRIOR TO ITS REMOVAL FROM A PREMISES
WHERE IT WAS USED AND DURING ITS DISPOSAL; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT  THE
PROVISIONS  OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY MATTRESS WITHIN A
CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
  2. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "PROTECTIVE CONTAINER" MEANS  ANY  PROTEC-
TIVE  DEVICE,  MATERIAL, OBJECT OR COVERING WHICH FULLY ENCASES OR WRAPS
BEDDING.
  3. ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A CIVIL PENAL-
TY OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PAYABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09497-01-1

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