Bill Text: NY A09829 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits chain restaurants from charging extra for non-dairy alternatives in beverages.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-11 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A09829 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09829-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9829

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 11, 2024
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
          chain  restaurants  from  charging extra for non-dairy alternatives in
          beverages

          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-w to read as follows:
     3    §  391-w.  Extra  charge for non-dairy alternatives prohibited. 1.  No
     4  chain food service establishment shall charge an additional fee for  the
     5  use of non-dairy alternatives in beverages.
     6    2. For the purposes of this section, the term:
     7    (a)  "chain  food  service  establishment"  shall  mean a food service
     8  establishment which is one of fifteen or more such  establishments  that
     9  are:
    10    i.  operated  under  the  same  name at different locations within the
    11  state; and
    12    ii. operated under the same ownership or by franchise agreement.
    13    (b) "non-dairy alternatives" shall mean plant-based products that  are
    14  marketed and sold as alternatives to milk and are made from nuts, seeds,
    15  rice, oats, or legumes.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14655-03-4