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Jan 08, 2020 | referred to environmental conservation |
Apr 26, 2019 | referred to environmental conservation |
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A7363 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7363 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 26, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to plas- tic carryout bags provided by restaurants THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 27-2801 of the environmental conservation law, as added by section 2 of part H of a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the environmental conservation law, the alcoholic beverage control law and the state finance law relating to establishing guidelines for bag waste reduction, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S. 1508-C and A. 2008-C, is amended to read as follows: 1. "Exempt bag" means a bag: (a) used solely to contain or wrap uncooked meat, fish, or poultry; (b) bags used by a customer solely to package bulk items such as fruits, vegetables, grains, or candy; (c) bags used solely to contain food sliced or prepared to order; (d) bags used solely to contain a newspaper for delivery to a subscriber; (e) bags sold in bulk to a consumer at the point of sale; (f) trash bags; (g) food storage bags; (h) garment bags; (i) bags prepackaged for sale to a customer; OR (j) [plastic carryout bags provided by a restaurant, tavern or similar food service establishment, as defined in the state sanitary code, to carryout or deliver food; or (k)] bags provided by a pharmacy to carry prescription drugs. § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as part H of a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the environ- mental conservation law, the alcoholic beverage control law and the state finance law relating to establishing guidelines for bag waste reduction, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S. 1508-C and A. 2008-C, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11074-01-9