Bill Text: NY A06318 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6318
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 14, 2011
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       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