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Assembly Bill A10254

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to prohibit the sale of single use plastic and polystyrene foam in state parks

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2021-A10254 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3.09, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A5554
2025-2026: A1585

2021-A10254 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to prohibit the sale of single use plastic and polystyrene foam in state parks.

2021-A10254 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10254
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. K. Brown) --
   read  once  and  referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and
   Sports Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
   relation  to  requiring  the  office of parks, recreation and historic
   preservation to prohibit the sale of single use plastic and  polystyr-
   ene foam in state parks

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic  preser-
 vation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24.  PROHIBIT  THE  SALE OF SINGLE USE PLASTIC AND POLYSTYRENE FOAM IN
 STATE PARKS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13941-01-1

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