Bill Text: NY A07043 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits a manufacturer from labeling or advertising a nonwoven disposable product for sale as flushable without prior approval from the department of environmental conservation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-28 - print number 7043a [A07043 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07043-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7043--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 21, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  COLTON,  GOTTFRIED,  SIMON, ZEBROWSKI, COOK,
          ARROYO, STECK, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DILAN,  ENGLE-
          BRIGHT, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer
          Affairs  and  Protection  --  recommitted to the Committee on Consumer
          Affairs and Protection in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  prohibiting  a
          manufacturer  from labeling or advertising a nonwoven disposable prod-
          uct for sale as a flushable without prior approval
          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  391-u to read as follows:
     3    §  391-u.  Nonwoven  disposable  products.  1.  For  purposes  of this
     4  section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     5    (a) "Advertised" means representation made by statement, word, design,
     6  device, sound or any combination thereof in print or broadcast media.
     7    (b) "Flushable", "septic safe", and "sewer safe" means with regard  to
     8  a  nonwoven  disposable  product,  a  product that is: (i) able to clear
     9  toilets and properly maintained drainage  pipe  systems  under  expected
    10  product  usage  conditions;  (ii) compatible with wastewater conveyance,
    11  treatment, reuse, and disposal systems without causing  blockage,  clog-
    12  ging,  or  other  operational  problems;  and  (iii)  unrecognizable  in
    13  effluent leaving on-site and municipal wastewater treatment systems  and
    14  in  digested sludge from wastewater treatment plants that are applied to
    15  soil.
    16    (c) "Label" means those representations made through statement,  word,
    17  picture,  design or emblem on a packaging of a nonwoven disposable prod-
    18  uct.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10505-03-6