Bill Text: NY A11171 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to conduct a study on food waste initiatives and to provide recommendations based on the study's findings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-19 - substituted by s8693 [A11171 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A11171-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          11171
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      June 12, 2018
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Joyner) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
        AN ACT authorizing  and  directing  the  commissioner  of  environmental
          conservation  to  conduct  a  study  on  food waste initiatives and to
          provide recommendations based on the study's findings
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this act, the following
     2  terms shall have the following meanings:
     3    1. "agency" means any state department, agency, board, public  benefit
     4  corporation, public authority, or commission.
     5    2. "food service establishments" shall include, but not be limited to,
     6  the  following:  full-service restaurants, fast food restaurants, cafes,
     7  delicatessens, coffee shops, and cafeterias.
     8    3. "commissioner" means the commissioner  of  environmental  conserva-
     9  tion.
    10    4. "department" means the department of environmental conservation.
    11    5. "food waste" means food that is not required to meet the needs of a
    12  food  service  establishment  and  which is disposed of in a manner such
    13  that it will not be eaten.
    14    6. "food waste initiative"  means  an  initiative  regarding  the  use
    15  and/or disposal of food waste.
    16    §  2. Study. 1. The commissioner is authorized and directed to conduct
    17  a study on food waste initiatives throughout the state. Such study shall
    18  include, but not be limited to:
    19    a. food waste initiatives implemented or planned to be implemented  by
    20  non-governmental organizations, agencies, and other states and nations;
    21    b.  any  laws,  rules,  or  regulations proposed or implemented in any
    22  municipality; and
    23    c. scholarly articles and proposals for food waste initiatives.
    24    2. Upon request, an agency shall provide the commissioner with  infor-
    25  mation which may help complete the commissioner's study.
    26    §  3.  Report.  The  commissioner shall submit to the governor and the
    27  legislature, no later than eighteen months after the effective  date  of
    28  this  act,  a report on the findings of the study as well as the commis-
    29  sioner's recommendations for reducing food waste within the state.
    30    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15762-01-8