Bill Text: NY A08445 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a commission to eliminate the use of single use plastics in the state of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A08445 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08445-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8445

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 8, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT establishing a commission to eliminate  the  use  of  single  use
          plastics  in  the  state  of New York; and providing for the repeal of
          such provisions upon expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Commission for single use plastic elimination. 1.  Estab-
     2  lishment. A commission is hereby established  to  provide  a  method  to
     3  eliminate the use of single use plastic in the state of New York.
     4    2.  Definitions.  For purposes of this act, the term "single use plas-
     5  tic" shall mean any item made of plastic which is intended  to  be  used
     6  once before being disposed of.
     7    3.  Membership.  Such  commission  shall consist of seven individuals,
     8  which shall be appointed as follows:
     9    a. three members shall be appointed by the governor;
    10    b. two members shall be appointed by the senate majority leader; and
    11    c. two members shall be appointed by the assembly majority leader.
    12    4. Reports. a. Six months after the establishment of  the  commission,
    13  an  initial report shall be provided to the governor and the legislature
    14  with recommendations on elimination methods and replacement  procedures,
    15  including a cost analysis of such methods and procedures.
    16    b. One year after such initial report, a final report shall be submit-
    17  ted to the governor and the legislature with an implementation procedure
    18  for eliminating the use of all single use plastic within the state. Such
    19  implementation  procedure shall have the full effect of the law one year
    20  after such plan was submitted  to  the  governor  and  the  legislature,
    21  provided,  however, that any modification or abrogation of such plan may
    22  be made by law before such plan takes effect.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    24  deemed repealed 3 years after such date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13322-02-9