Bill Text: NY A05112 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A05112 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A05112-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5112 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY 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: 1 Section 1. Subparagraphs 5 and 6 of paragraph f of subdivision 3 of 2 article IV of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 relating to 3 the port authority of New York and New Jersey, paragraph 5 as amended 4 and paragraph 6 as added by chapter 390 of the laws of 2022, are amended 5 and a new subparagraph 7 is added to read as follows: 6 (5) have an efficiency study of the port authority and its operations 7 conducted by an independent entity within [three years] one year of the 8 effective date of this section and thereafter upon the request of the 9 governors of New York and New Jersey, and if no request is made, no 10 later than [three years] one year after the most recent efficiency study 11 was conducted; [and] 12 (6) information concerning services for human trafficking victims in 13 port authority bus terminals. 1. Any bus terminal maintained or operated 14 by the port authority shall make available in plain view and in a 15 conspicuous place and manner in the public restrooms, informational 16 cards and/or signs developed by: 17 (a) the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation 18 with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking; or 19 (b) the United States Department of Homeland Security. 20 2. All informational cards and signs shall only contain information 21 concerning services for human trafficking victims and shall prominently 22 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. LBD04853-01-3A. 5112 2 1 (7) establish a policy requiring all transportation facilities, termi- 2 nal facilities, and all other facilities of the port authority located 3 in the state of New York to prohibit the sale of single-use plastic 4 water bottles that hold twenty-one ounces of water or less and install 5 water fountains within one year of the effective date of this subpara- 6 graph. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the 8 state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this 9 act, but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted such 10 legislation, this act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, 11 if chapter 559 of the laws of 2015 shall not have taken effect on or 12 before such date then this act shall take effect on the same date and in 13 the same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2015 takes effect; 14 provided that the state of New Jersey shall notify the legislative bill 15 drafting commission upon the occurrence of the enactment of the legis- 16 lation provided for in section one of this act in order that the commis- 17 sion may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the 18 official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of 19 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and 20 section 70-b of the public officers law; provided further, however, if 21 chapter 390 of the laws of 2022 shall not have taken effect on or before 22 such date then the amendments to subparagraphs 5 and 6 of paragraph f of 23 subdivision 3 of article IV of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 24 1921 relating to the port authority of New York and New Jersey, as 25 amended by chapter 559 of the laws of 2015, made by section one of this 26 act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as such 27 chapter of the laws of 2022 takes effect; provided that the state of New 28 Jersey shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the 29 occurrence of the enactment of the legislation provided for in section 30 one of this act in order that the commission may maintain an accurate 31 and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the 32 state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of 33 section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public offi- 34 cers law.