Assembly Bill A4788

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the state and local government food waste prevention and diversion act

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  • 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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2019-A4788 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1098
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 27 Title 28 §§27-2801 - 27-2805, amd §27-0107, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7323
2017-2018: S107, S5461
2021-2022: A5747
2023-2024: A661, A4143

2019-A4788 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the state and local government food waste prevention and diversion act; requires facilities generating excess food waste to take measures to minimize such waste.

2019-A4788 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4788
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, ABINANTI, ENGLEBRIGHT, JAFFEE -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   prevention and diversion of food waste
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "state and local government  food  waste  prevention  and  diversion
 act".
   §  2.  Article  27 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
 adding a new title 28 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 28
      STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOOD WASTE PREVENTION AND DIVERSION
                                    ACT
 SECTION 27-2801. DEFINITIONS.
         27-2803. REQUIRED STATE  AND  MUNICIPAL  FOOD  SERVICE  ORGANICS
                    WASTE MANAGEMENT.
         27-2805. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES.
 § 27-2801. DEFINITIONS.
   FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "AGENCY" MEANS ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, AGENCY, BOARD, PUBLIC  BENEFIT
 CORPORATION, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR COMMISSION.
   2.  "COMPOSTABLE"  MEANS  ALL  THE MATERIALS IN THE PRODUCT OR PACKAGE
 WILL (A) UNDERGO DEGRADATION BY BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES  DURING  COMPOSTING
 TO  YIELD  CARBON  DIOXIDE, WATER, INORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND BIOMASS AT A
 RATE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER KNOWN COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS AND (B) LEAVE  NO
 VISIBLE,  DISTINGUISHABLE  OR TOXIC RESIDUE, INCLUDING NO ADVERSE IMPACT
 ON THE ABILITY OF COMPOSTS TO SUPPORT PLANT  GROWTH  ONCE  THE  FINISHED
 COMPOST IS PLACED IN SOIL.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01321-01-9
              

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