Assembly Bill A5112

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of single-use plastic water bottles in certain port authority facilities

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A5112 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 4, §1 of Chap 154 of 1921
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9932

2023-A5112 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of single-use plastic water bottles that hold twenty-one ounces of water or less in port authority facilities in New York; requires such facilities install water fountains within one year.

2023-A5112 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5112
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GLICK, GALLAGHER, SIMON, DAVILA,
   EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Corporations,
   Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 relating to the port
   authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to  prohibiting  the
   sale  of  single-use  plastic  water bottles in certain port authority
   facilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraphs  5 and 6 of paragraph f of subdivision 3 of
 article IV of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921  relating  to
 the  port  authority  of New York and New Jersey, paragraph 5 as amended
 and paragraph 6 as added by chapter 390 of the laws of 2022, are amended
 and a new subparagraph 7 is added to read as follows:
   (5) have an efficiency study of the port authority and its  operations
 conducted  by an independent entity within [three years] ONE YEAR of the
 effective date of this section and thereafter upon the  request  of  the
 governors  of  New  York  and  New Jersey, and if no request is made, no
 later than [three years] ONE YEAR after the most recent efficiency study
 was conducted; [and]
   (6) information concerning services for human trafficking  victims  in
 port authority bus terminals. 1. Any bus terminal maintained or operated
 by  the  port  authority  shall  make  available  in plain view and in a
 conspicuous place and manner  in  the  public  restrooms,  informational
 cards and/or signs developed by:
   (a)  the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation
 with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking; or
   (b) the United States Department of Homeland Security.
   2. All informational cards and signs shall  only  contain  information
 concerning  services for human trafficking victims and shall prominently
 include the national human trafficking hotline telephone number[.]; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04853-01-3

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