Bill Text: NY A08454 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-16 - ordered to third reading rules cal.277 [A08454 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08454-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8454
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 16, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         prohibiting  the  manufacture, sale or distribution of thermal receipt
         paper containing bisphenol A
         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 37-0513 to read as follows:
    3  S 37-0513. THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER.
    4    1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER" OR  "CASH
    5  REGISTER  RECEIPT  PAPER"  MEANS  ANY PAPER THAT IS USED BY A COMMERCIAL
    6  ENTITY TO ISSUE A MECHANICALLY PRODUCED RECORD OF  A  COMMERCIAL  TRANS-
    7  ACTION.
    8    2.  ON  AND  AFTER  OCTOBER 1, 2015 NO PERSON SHALL MANUFACTURE, SELL,
    9  OFFER FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTE ANY THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER OR CASH  REGISTER
   10  RECEIPT PAPER THAT CONTAINS BISPHENOL A.
   11    3.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,
   12  IF THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DOES NOT IDENTIFY A
   13  SAFE, COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE USE OF  BISPHENOL  A  IN
   14  THERMAL  RECEIPT  PAPER OR CASH REGISTER RECEIPT PAPER ON OR BEFORE JUNE
   15  30, 2015, NO PERSON SHALL MANUFACTURE, SELL, OFFER FOR SALE OR  DISTRIB-
   16  UTE  ANY  THERMAL  RECEIPT  PAPER  OR  CASH  REGISTER RECEIPT PAPER THAT
   17  CONTAINS BISPHENOL A ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2017.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   19  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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