Assembly Bill A10422

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires all state agencies and offices to cease purchasing single-use plastic water bottles and requires the installation of water bottle filling stations

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A10422 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8361
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §163-e, St Fin L

2023-A10422 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all state agencies and offices to cease purchasing single-use plastic water bottles; authorizes the commissioner of the office of general services to enter into contracts for the installation of water bottle filling stations in state buildings; provides for the purchase of single-use plastic water bottles under certain circumstances; requires each state agency to submit a report to the state procurement council and to the New York state climate action council containing a summary of the steps they have taken to comply with the directive.

2023-A10422 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10422
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 24, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gonzalez-Ro-
   jas)  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Oper-
   ations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law,  in  relation  to  requiring  all
   state  agencies  and  offices  to  cease purchasing single-use plastic
   water bottles and provides for the installation of water bottle  fill-
   ing stations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. 1. The legislature finds  and  declares
 that:
   (a)  climate  change is adversely affecting the people of New York and
 poses a threat to public health, the well-being of our  communities  and
 families, and our state's economy and infrastructure;
   (b)  the  combustion  of fossil fuels is a primary cause of greenhouse
 gas emissions that cause climate change;
   (c) the production of plastic bottles relies on fossil fuels, and most
 plastic bottles are made from petroleum-based polyethylene terephthalate
 in refineries that run on fossil fuels;
   (d) plastic pollution has resulted in harm to communities in New York;
   (e) by some estimates Americans throw away about 2.5  million  plastic
 bottles every hour;
   (f) plastic pollution harms wildlife across New York, including in our
 ocean ecosystems; and
   (g)  purchasing  single-use plastic water bottles instead of utilizing
 less harmful alternatives is inconsistent with the best interests of the
 people of the state.
   2. Therefore, the legislature determines it to be in the best interest
 of the state to require all state departments, agencies and  offices  to
 cease  purchasing  single-use  plastic water bottles and to require that
 installation of water bottle filling stations on  premises  occupied  by
 the department, agency or office.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 163-e to
 read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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