Assembly Bill A7043A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits a manufacturer from labeling or advertising a nonwoven disposable product for sale as a flushable without prior approval

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2015-A7043 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5307
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §391-u, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A3698, S2901
2019-2020: A3124
2021-2022: A4129

2015-A7043 - Summary

Prohibits a manufacturer from labeling or advertising a nonwoven disposable product for sale as flushable without prior approval from the department of environmental conservation.

2015-A7043 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7043

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 21, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting a
  manufacturer from labeling or advertising a nonwoven disposable  prod-
  uct for sale as a flushable without prior approval

  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
391-t to read as follows:
  S 391-T.  NONWOVEN  DISPOSABLE  PRODUCTS.  1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) "ADVERTISED" MEANS REPRESENTATION MADE BY STATEMENT, WORD, DESIGN,
DEVICE, SOUND OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF IN PRINT OR BROADCAST MEDIA.
  (B)  "FLUSHABLE", "SEPTIC SAFE", AND "SEWER SAFE" MEANS WITH REGARD TO
A NONWOVEN DISPOSABLE PRODUCT, A PRODUCT THAT  IS:  (I)  ABLE  TO  CLEAR
TOILETS  AND  PROPERLY  MAINTAINED  DRAINAGE PIPE SYSTEMS UNDER EXPECTED
PRODUCT USAGE CONDITIONS; (II) COMPATIBLE  WITH  WASTEWATER  CONVEYANCE,
TREATMENT,  REUSE,  AND DISPOSAL SYSTEMS WITHOUT CAUSING BLOCKAGE, CLOG-
GING,  OR  OTHER  OPERATIONAL  PROBLEMS;  AND  (III)  UNRECOGNIZABLE  IN
EFFLUENT  LEAVING ON-SITE AND MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND
IN DIGESTED SLUDGE FROM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS THAT ARE APPLIED  TO
SOIL.
  (C)  "LABEL" MEANS THOSE REPRESENTATIONS MADE THROUGH STATEMENT, WORD,
PICTURE, DESIGN OR EMBLEM ON A PACKAGING OF A NONWOVEN DISPOSABLE  PROD-
UCT.
  (D)  "NONWOVEN  DISPOSABLE PRODUCT" MEANS ANY PRODUCT CONSTRUCTED FROM
NONWOVEN SHEETS THAT IS DESIGNED FOR, MARKETED FOR, OR COMMONLY USED FOR
PERSONAL HYGIENE PURPOSES.
  2. NO NONWOVEN  DISPOSABLE  PRODUCT  FOR  SALE  IN  ANY  MUNICIPALITY,
INCLUDING A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF A MILLION OR MORE, SHALL BE ADVER-
TISED,  PACKAGED  OR LABELED AS FLUSHABLE, SEWER SAFE, OR SEPTIC SAFE IF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10505-01-5
              

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2015-A7043A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5307
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §391-u, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A3698, S2901
2019-2020: A3124
2021-2022: A4129

2015-A7043A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a manufacturer from labeling or advertising a nonwoven disposable product for sale as flushable without prior approval from the department of environmental conservation.

2015-A7043A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 7043--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 21, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  COLTON,  GOTTFRIED,  SIMON, ZEBROWSKI, COOK,
  ARROYO, STECK, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DILAN,  ENGLE-
  BRIGHT, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer
  Affairs  and  Protection  --  recommitted to the Committee on Consumer
  Affairs and Protection in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  prohibiting  a
  manufacturer  from labeling or advertising a nonwoven disposable prod-
  uct for sale as a flushable without prior approval

  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
391-u to read as follows:
  S  391-U.  NONWOVEN  DISPOSABLE  PRODUCTS.  1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS
SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) "ADVERTISED" MEANS REPRESENTATION MADE BY STATEMENT, WORD, DESIGN,
DEVICE, SOUND OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF IN PRINT OR BROADCAST MEDIA.
  (B) "FLUSHABLE", "SEPTIC SAFE", AND "SEWER SAFE" MEANS WITH REGARD  TO
A  NONWOVEN  DISPOSABLE  PRODUCT,  A  PRODUCT THAT IS: (I) ABLE TO CLEAR
TOILETS AND PROPERLY MAINTAINED DRAINAGE  PIPE  SYSTEMS  UNDER  EXPECTED
PRODUCT  USAGE  CONDITIONS;  (II) COMPATIBLE WITH WASTEWATER CONVEYANCE,
TREATMENT, REUSE, AND DISPOSAL SYSTEMS WITHOUT CAUSING  BLOCKAGE,  CLOG-
GING,  OR  OTHER  OPERATIONAL  PROBLEMS;  AND  (III)  UNRECOGNIZABLE  IN
EFFLUENT LEAVING ON-SITE AND MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS  AND
IN  DIGESTED SLUDGE FROM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS THAT ARE APPLIED TO
SOIL.
  (C) "LABEL" MEANS THOSE REPRESENTATIONS MADE THROUGH STATEMENT,  WORD,
PICTURE,  DESIGN OR EMBLEM ON A PACKAGING OF A NONWOVEN DISPOSABLE PROD-
UCT.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10505-03-6

              

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