Bill Text: NY A06318 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the covering of mattresses and box spring when they are removed from the premises where they were used and during the entire process where they are disposed of; provides an exemption for cities having a population of one million or more; imposes a civil penalty of $100 for any violation of such provisions.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-14 - reference changed to consumer affairs and protection [A06318 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A06318-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6318 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 14, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SPANO, M. MILLER, JAFFEE, N. RIVERA, DINOWITZ, MARKEY, ROSENTHAL, CASTRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. JEFFRIES, McLAUGHLIN, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the disposal of bedding THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 389-d to read as follows: 3 S 389-D. DISPOSAL OF BEDDING. 1. EACH PIECE OF BEDDING SHALL BE 4 ENCLOSED IN A PROTECTIVE CONTAINER PRIOR TO ITS REMOVAL FROM A PREMISES 5 WHERE IT WAS USED AND DURING ITS DISPOSAL; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE 6 PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY MATTRESS WITHIN A 7 CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. 8 2. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "PROTECTIVE CONTAINER" MEANS ANY PROTEC- 9 TIVE DEVICE, MATERIAL, OBJECT OR COVERING WHICH FULLY ENCASES OR WRAPS 10 BEDDING. 11 3. ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A CIVIL PENAL- 12 TY OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PAYABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09497-01-1