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Senate Bill S5614

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires biodegradable filters on cigarettes within two years

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2017-S5614 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §27-0721, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3587
2011-2012: S901
2013-2014: S3427
2015-2016: S2774

2017-S5614 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that within two years it shall be unlawful to sell filtered cigarettes in this state unless the filter is biodegradable; provides for a civil penalty not to exceed $100 for each violation.

2017-S5614 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5614 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5614
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, BAILEY, HOYLMAN, SERRANO -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   providing biodegradable filters on cigarettes

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent.  Cigarette filters do not decompose and
 return  to the soil.  Consequently they produce unsightly litter as well
 as posing a possible threat to any water system that they may be flushed
 into, through plumbing or natural drainage. It is  the  intent  of  this
 legislation  to  improve  the quality of life by removing the litter and
 reducing the danger of possible chemical reaction  through  the  use  of
 biodegradable filters.
   §  2.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
 section 27-0721 to read as follows:
 § 27-0721. FILTERS ON CIGARETTES TO BE BIODEGRADABLE.
   1. WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  NO
 FILTERED  CIGARETTES  SHALL  BE  SOLD  OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN THIS STATE
 UNLESS THE MANUFACTURER THEREOF HAS CERTIFIED IN WRITING TO THE  DEPART-
 MENT THAT THE FILTER IS BIODEGRADABLE.
   2.  A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A CIVIL PENALTY
 NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION THEREOF.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01918-01-7

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