Bill Text: NY A00212 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the manufacture, sale or distribution of business transaction paper containing bisphenol A.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-20 - REFERRED TO RULES [A00212 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          212
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MAISEL, ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         prohibiting  the  distribution and use of paper containing bisphenol A
         for the recording of any business transaction
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
    2  new section 37-0508 to read as follows:
    3  S 37-0508. TRANSACTION PAPER.
    4    NO PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY
    5  OR CORPORATION, INCLUDING BANKING ORGANIZATIONS, SHALL DISTRIBUTE OR USE
    6  ANY  PAPER  CONTAINING  BISPHENOL A FOR THE RECORDING OF ANY BUSINESS OR
    7  BANKING TRANSACTION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,  RECEIPTS,  CREDITS,
    8  WITHDRAWALS, DEPOSITS, AND CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD RECORDS.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   10  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00765-01-1