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Assembly Bill A8652A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of personal care products or cosmetics containing microbeads

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2013-A8652 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §37-0115, amd §§37-0101 & 71-3703, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A4924

2013-A8652 - Summary

Prohibits the sale of personal care products or cosmetics containing microbeads.

2013-A8652 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8652

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  prohibiting the sale of personal care products or cosmetics containing
  microbeads

  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 37-0115 to read as follows:
S  37-0115.  PROHIBITION OF SALE OF PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS AND COSMETICS
               CONTAINING MICROBEADS.
  1. NO PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPA-
NY OR CORPORATION SHALL  SELL  OR  OFFER  FOR  SALE  ANY  PERSONAL  CARE
PRODUCTS OR COSMETICS CONTAINING MICROBEADS WITHIN NEW YORK STATE.
  2.  THE  DEPARTMENT  IS  AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGU-
LATIONS AS IT SHALL DEEM NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
SECTION.
  S  2. Section 71-3703 of the environmental conservation law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4. ANY  PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED  LIABILITY
COMPANY,  OR  CORPORATION  WHO VIOLATES ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
37-0115 OR ANY RULE OR REGULATION PROMULGATED PURSUANT HERETO, SHALL  BE
LIABLE  FOR  A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH
DAY DURING WHICH SUCH VIOLATION CONTINUES, AND IN ADDITION THERETO, SUCH
PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY,  OR
CORPORATION MAY BE ENJOINED FROM CONTINUING SUCH VIOLATION. SUCH PERSON,
FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED  LIABILITY COMPANY, OR CORPO-
RATION SHALL FOR A SECOND VIOLATION BE LIABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
FOR A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS  FOR
EACH DAY DURING WHICH SUCH VIOLATION CONTINUES.
  S  3.  This  act  shall take effect one year from the date on which it
shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13401-02-4

              

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2013-A8652A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §37-0115, amd §§37-0101 & 71-3703, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A4924

2013-A8652A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of personal care products or cosmetics containing microbeads.

2013-A8652A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 8652--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMEL, ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Environ-
  mental  Conservation  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  prohibiting the sale of personal care products or cosmetics containing
  microbeads

  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 37-0115 to read as follows:
S  37-0115.  PROHIBITION OF SALE OF PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS AND COSMETICS
               CONTAINING MICROBEADS.
  1. NO PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPA-
NY OR CORPORATION SHALL  SELL  OR  OFFER  FOR  SALE  ANY  PERSONAL  CARE
PRODUCTS OR COSMETICS CONTAINING MICROBEADS WITHIN NEW YORK STATE.
  2.  THE  DEPARTMENT  IS  AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGU-
LATIONS AS IT SHALL DEEM NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
SECTION.
  S  2. Section 37-0101 of the environmental conservation law is amended
by adding three new subdivisions 7, 8 and 9 to read as follows:
  7. "MICROBEADS" MEANS MICRO POLYMER PARTICLES, LESS THAN FIVE MILLIME-
TERS IN DIAMETER, THAT IS MADE OF SYNTHETIC OR SEMI-SYNTHETIC  POLYMERIC
MATERIALS  SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, POLYETHYLENE (PE), POLYPROPYLENE
(PP), POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PET), POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE  (PMMA),
OR A COMBINATION OF SUCH POLYMERS.
  8.  "PERSONAL  CARE PRODUCTS" MEANS CONSUMER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED FOR
USE IN PERSONAL HYGIENE AND BEAUTIFICATION. PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS SHALL
INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, ANTIBACTERIAL SOAPS,  HAND  SOAPS,  BAR
SOAPS, LIQUID SOAPS, BODY WASHES, LOTIONS, MOISTURIZERS, FACIAL AND BODY
CLEANERS,  FACIAL  MASKS,  EXFOLIATING  FACIAL  SCRUBS, SUNSCREENS, ACNE
TREATMENT PRODUCTS, SHAMPOOS, CONDITIONERS, TOOTHPASTES, SHAVING  CREAMS
AND GELS, AND FOOT CARE PRODUCTS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13401-06-4
              

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