S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8726--A
I N S E N A T E
May 10, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, the general business
law and the public health law, in relation to prohibitions on single-
use plastic straws in restaurants
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The title heading of title 27 of article 27 of the environ-
mental conservation law, as added by chapter 641 of the laws of 2008, is
amended to read as follows:
PLASTIC BAG AND PLASTIC STRAW
REDUCTION, REUSE AND RECYCLING
§ 2. Section 27-2701 of the environmental conservation law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. "RESTAURANT" MEANS ANY DINER OR OTHER EATING OR BEVERAGE ESTABLISH-
MENT, WHICH OFFERS FOR SALE FOOD OR BEVERAGES TO THE PUBLIC, GUESTS,
MEMBERS, OR PATRONS, WHERE THE FOOD OR BEVERAGES ARE CUSTOMARILY
CONSUMED ON THE PREMISES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, "RESTAURANT" SHALL
INCLUDE A FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENT, BAR, COFFEE SHOP, CAFETERIA, LUNCHEO-
NETTE, OR SHORT ORDER CAFE; HOWEVER, "RESTAURANT" SHALL NOT INCLUDE A
SANDWICH STAND, SODA FOUNTAIN, DRIVE-THROUGH PORTION OF A RESTAURANT,
DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT, OR ANY ESTABLISHMENT OR PORTION OF A RESTAURANT
WHERE FOOD OR BEVERAGES ARE CUSTOMARILY CONSUMED OFF THE PREMISES.
§ 3. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new
section 27-2706 to read as follows:
§ 27-2706. SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS.
1. RESTAURANTS SHALL ONLY PROVIDE SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS TO CUSTOM-
ERS WHERE EXPLICITLY REQUESTED BY THE CUSTOMER.
2. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PRECLUDE A RESTAURANT FROM PROVIDING
CUSTOMERS WITH NON-PLASTIC STRAWS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SINGLE-USE PLAS-
TIC STRAWS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE MADE FROM PAPER, SUGAR
CANE, OR BAMBOO.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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§ 4. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-
tt to read as follows:
§ 399-TT. SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS. RESTAURANTS SHALL ONLY PROVIDE
SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS TO CUSTOMERS WHERE EXPLICITLY REQUESTED BY THE
CUSTOMER PURSUANT TO TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN OF ARTICLE TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
§ 5. Subdivision 2 of section 1352 of the public health law is amended
to read as follows:
2. It shall be unlawful to furnish or serve in any public eating or
drinking establishment, any straw, tube or similar device for drinking
out of glasses, cups or containers of any type unless such straw, tube
or similar device conforms to and is furnished or served in accordance
with TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN OF ARTICLE TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION LAW AND the following requirements: When offered for use,
it shall be completely enclosed in an impervious or a bactericidal wrap-
per to be opened by the ultimate user; if unwrapped it may be used if it
is kept in an approved sanitary dispenser loaded from the original pack-
age without handling, which dispenses one such straw, tube or device at
a time directly to the user and which is so constructed that the interi-
or may be cleaned and kept in a sanitary condition; unused loose straws,
tubes or devices already dispensed from the dispensing container shall
not be used again. No single-service paper containers, paper cups, paper
spoons, paper forks or paper plates shall be used a second time.
§ 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.