Bill Text: NY A09932 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the sale of single-use plastic water bottles that hold twenty-one ounces of water or less in port authority facilities in New York; requires such facilities install water fountains within one year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-19 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A09932 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A09932-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9932

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 19, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN ACT to amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921  relating  to  the  port
          authority  of  New York and New Jersey, in relation to prohibiting the
          sale of single-use plastic water bottles  in  certain  port  authority
          facilities

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

     1    Section 1. Subparagraphs 4 and 5 of paragraph f of  subdivision  3  of
     2  article  4  of  section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 relating to
     3  the port authority of New York and New Jersey, as amended by chapter 559
     4  of the laws of 2015, are amended and a new subparagraph 6  is  added  to
     5  read as follows:
     6    (4)  establish  a  policy  requiring  all commissioners, officers, and
     7  employees with decision-making authority to maintain  records  regarding
     8  contact  with lobbyists. As used in this subsection: (i) "contact" means
     9  any conversation, in person or by telephonic or other electronic  means,
    10  or  correspondence  between  any lobbyist engaged in the act of lobbying
    11  and any person within the port authority who can  make  or  influence  a
    12  decision  on  the  subject  of  the  lobbying  on the behalf of the port
    13  authority, and shall include, at a minimum, all members of the board  of
    14  commissioners  and  all  officers of the port authority, (ii) "lobbyist"
    15  shall have the same meaning as defined in the laws or,  rules  or  regu-
    16  lations of either state, and (iii) "lobbying" shall mean and include any
    17  attempt to influence: (a) the adoption or rejection of any rule or regu-
    18  lation having the force and effect of law by the port authority, (b) the
    19  outcome  of  any  proceeding by the port authority to establish, levy or
    20  collect fees, tolls,  charges  or  fares,  and  (c)  the  authorization,
    21  approval  or  award  of  any  agreements,  contracts or purchase orders,
    22  including any settlement of port authority  claims,  or  any  extension,
    23  amendment  or modification of any existing agreement, contract or order;
    24  [and]
    25    (5) have an efficiency study of the port authority and its  operations
    26  conducted  by an independent entity within [three years] one year of the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13348-02-2
        A. 9932                             2

     1  effective date of this section and thereafter upon the  request  of  the
     2  governors  of  New  York  and  New Jersey, and if no request is made, no
     3  later than [three years] one year after the most recent efficiency study
     4  was conducted[.]; and
     5    (6) establish a policy requiring all transportation facilities, termi-
     6  nal  facilities,  and all other facilities of the port authority located
     7  in the state of New York to prohibit  the  sale  of  single-use  plastic
     8  water  bottles  that hold twenty-one ounces of water or less and install
     9  water fountains within one year of the effective date of  this  subpara-
    10  graph.
    11    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
    12  state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with  this
    13  act,  but  if  the  state  of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
    14  legislation, this act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,
    15  if  chapter  559  of  the laws of 2015 shall not have taken effect on or
    16  before such date then this act shall take effect on the same date and in
    17  the same manner as such chapter  of  the  laws  of  2015  takes  effect;
    18  provided  that the state of New Jersey shall notify the legislative bill
    19  drafting commission upon the occurrence of the enactment of  the  legis-
    20  lation provided for in section one of this act in order that the commis-
    21  sion  may  maintain  an  accurate  and timely effective data base of the
    22  official text of the laws of the state of New  York  in  furtherance  of
    23  effectuating  the  provisions  of  section 44 of the legislative law and
    24  section 70-b of the public officers law.