Assembly Bill A8878

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the regulation of the sale of plastic trash bags

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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-A8878 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6814
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 27 Title 30 §§27-3001 - 27-3009, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3310, S7481
2023-2024: A3820

2019-A8878 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Regulates the sale of plastic trash bags; requires plastic trash bags be made of 30% post-consumer materials.

2019-A8878 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8878
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 18, 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  the
   sale of plastic trash bags
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new title 30 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 30
                     REGULATION OF PLASTIC TRASH BAGS
 SECTION 27-3001. DEFINITIONS.
         27-3003. REGULATION OF THE SALE OF PLASTIC TRASH BAGS.
         27-3005. LABELING REQUIREMENTS.
         27-3007. VIOLATIONS.
         27-3009. REGULATIONS.
 § 27-3001. DEFINITIONS.
   AS USED IN THIS TITLE:
   1. "MANUFACTURER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON, FIRM,  ASSOCIATION,  PARTNER-
 SHIP,  OR  CORPORATION, WHICH MAKES PLASTIC TRASH BAGS TO BE USED IN THE
 DISPOSAL OF WASTE.
   2. "PLASTIC TRASH BAG" SHALL MEAN A BAG INTENDED TO  HOLD,  STORE,  OR
 TRANSPORT  MATERIALS  MEANT  TO  BE  DISCARDED,  COMPOSTED, OR RECYCLED,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GARBAGE BAGS, COMPOSTING BAGS,  YARD  BAGS,
 CAN-LINERS, AND RECYCLING BAGS.
   3.  "POST-CONSUMER  MATERIAL"  SHALL  MEAN THOSE PRODUCTS OR MATERIALS
 GENERATED BY A BUSINESS OR CONSUMER WHICH HAVE SERVED THEIR INTENDED END
 USE AS CONSUMER ITEMS AND WHICH HAVE BEEN SEPARATED OR DIVERTED FROM THE
 WASTE STREAM FOR THE PURPOSES OF COLLECTION AND RECYCLING AS A SECONDARY
 MATERIAL FEEDSTOCK.
   4. "RETAILER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION THAT  ENGAGES
 IN THE SALE OF PLASTIC TRASH BAGS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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