Assembly Bill A4883

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a moratorium on the adoption or implementation of any local law, ordinance, rule or regulation related to charging a fee for carryout merchandise bags or a fee of similar effect

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4158 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2017-A4883 (ACTIVE) - Details

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S4158
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Environmental Conservation

2017-A4883 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a moratorium on the adoption or implementation of any local law, ordinance, rule or regulation in a city with a population of one million or more related to charging a fee for carryout merchandise bags or a fee of similar effect.

2017-A4883 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4883
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by   M.   of  A.  CUSICK,  BENEDETTO,  WEPRIN,  CYMBROWITZ,
   M. G. MILLER, SIMANOWITZ, PICHARDO,  ABBATE,  HIKIND,  DILAN,  BARRON,
   TITONE,  CRESPO,  COLTON,  HARRIS,  COOK,  WILLIAMS,  ARROYO,  JOYNER,
   BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to establish a moratorium on the adoption  or  implementation  of
   any  local  law,  ordinance, rule or regulation relating to charging a
   fee for carryout merchandise bags or a  fee  of  similar  effect;  and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. There is hereby established a moratorium  on  the  adoption
 and/or  implementation  of  any  local  law or ordinance, or any rule or
 regulation, by a city with a population of one million or more,  related
 to  charging  a fee for carryout merchandise bags ("carryout bags") or a
 fee of similar effect.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to  be
 in full force and effect on and after February 15, 2017 and shall expire
 and  be  deemed repealed two hundred and seventy days after the adoption
 of a local law which re-authorizes, modifies or repeals local law number
 63 of the city of New York for the year 2016, as amended  by  local  law
 number 81 of the city of New York for the year 2016, for the charging of
 a  fee on customers for carryout bags, which re-authorization, modifica-
 tion or repeal must be passed by the council of the  city  of  New  York
 during  the term commencing January 1, 2018 and terminating December 31,
 2021, or any term commencing thereafter. The mayor  of  a  city  with  a
 population  of  one  million  or  more shall notify the legislative bill
 drafting commission upon the adoption of such local law  in  order  that
 the  commission  may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base
 of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance
 of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law  and
 section 70-b of the public officers law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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