Bill Text: NY A10386 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10386 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires composting bags sold within the state be made of paper.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-13 - referred to environmental conservation [A10386 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A10386-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10386

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 13, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. K. Brown) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
          sale of composting bags

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

     1    Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended
     2  by adding a new title 33 to read as follows:
     3                                  TITLE 33
     4                        REGULATION OF COMPOSTING BAGS
     5  Section 27-3301. Definitions.
     6          27-3303. Regulation of the sale of composting bags.
     7          27-3305. Violations.
     8          27-3307. Regulations.
     9  § 27-3301. Definitions.
    10    As used in this title:
    11    1.  "Manufacturer"  shall mean any person, firm, association, partner-
    12  ship, or corporation, which makes plastic trash bags to be used  in  the
    13  disposal of waste.
    14    2.  "Composting  bag"  shall  mean  a  bag intended to hold, store, or
    15  transport compost materials, including but  not  limited  to  composting
    16  bags, yard bags, and leaf bags.
    17    3.  "Compost  materials"  shall  mean  leaves, grass clippings, garden
    18  debris, vegetative residue that is recognizable as part of  a  plant  or
    19  vegetable, small or chipped branches, and similar material.
    20    4.  "Retailer" shall mean any person, firm or corporation that engages
    21  in the sale of composting bags.
    22  § 27-3303. Regulation of the sale of composting bags.
    23    Every composting bag offered for sale or sold by a  retailer  in  this
    24  state shall be made from paper.
    25  § 27-3305. Violations.
    26    1. Any retailer found to be in violation of this title shall receive a
    27  warning  notice  for  the  first violation. Any retailer found to subse-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13907-02-2

        A. 10386                            2

     1  quently be in violation of this title shall be subject to a  penalty  of
     2  five hundred dollars per violation.
     3    2.  Any manufacturer found in violation of this title shall be subject
     4  to a penalty of five hundred dollars per violation.
     5  § 27-3307. Regulations.
     6    The department is authorized to promulgate any rules  and  regulations
     7  necessary to implement the provisions of this title.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.