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Assembly Bill A727

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to conduct a study on food waste initiatives and to provide recommendations based on the study's findings

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2019-A727 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2163
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11171, S8693
2021-2022: A5753, S1794
2023-2024: A821, A9164, S964
2025-2026: A6228, S6272

2019-A727 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to conduct a study on food waste initiatives and to provide recommendations based on the study's findings.

2019-A727 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    727
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  authorizing  and  directing  the  commissioner of environmental
   conservation to conduct a study  on  food  waste  initiatives  and  to
   provide recommendations based on the study's findings

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this  act,  the  following
 terms shall have the following meanings:
   1.  "agency" means any state department, agency, board, public benefit
 corporation, public authority, or commission.
   2. "food service establishments" shall include, but not be limited to,
 the following: full-service restaurants, fast food  restaurants,  cafes,
 delicatessens, coffee shops, and cafeterias.
   3.  "commissioner"  means  the commissioner of environmental conserva-
 tion.
   4. "department" means the department of environmental conservation.
   5. "food waste" means food that is not required to meet the needs of a
 food service establishment and which is disposed of  in  a  manner  such
 that it will not be eaten.
   6.  "food  waste  initiative"  means  an  initiative regarding the use
 and/or disposal of food waste.
   § 2. Study. 1. The commissioner is authorized and directed to  conduct
 a study on food waste initiatives throughout the state. Such study shall
 include, but not be limited to:
   a.  food waste initiatives implemented or planned to be implemented by
 non-governmental organizations, agencies, and other states and nations;
   b. any laws, rules, or regulations  proposed  or  implemented  in  any
 municipality; and
   c. scholarly articles and proposals for food waste initiatives.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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