Bill Text: NY S02071 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2071

NY State Legislature page for S02071

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that bags exempt from bag waste reduction shall not be tinted green or brown unless it is a compostable bag.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S02071 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02071-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2071

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 18, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          limiting  tinted  green  and brown to compostable plastic bags for the
          purposes of bag waste reduction

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  27-2801 of the environmental
     2  conservation law, as added by section 2 of part H of chapter 58  of  the
     3  laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1.  "Exempt  bag"  means  a  bag:  (a)  used solely to contain or wrap
     5  uncooked meat, fish, or poultry; (b) bags used by a customer  solely  to
     6  package  bulk  items  such  as fruits, vegetables, grains, or candy; (c)
     7  bags used solely to contain food sliced or prepared to order;  (d)  bags
     8  used  solely  to  contain  a newspaper for delivery to a subscriber; (e)
     9  bags sold in bulk to a consumer at the point of sale;  (f)  trash  bags;
    10  (g)  food  storage bags; (h) garment bags; (i) bags prepackaged for sale
    11  to a customer; (j) plastic  carryout  bags  provided  by  a  restaurant,
    12  tavern  or  similar  food service establishment, as defined in the state
    13  sanitary code, to carryout or deliver food; or (k) bags  provided  by  a
    14  pharmacy  to  carry prescription drugs; provided however, that an exempt
    15  bag shall not be tinted green or brown unless it is a compostable  plas-
    16  tic  bag  as  defined  in  subdivision  one  of  section 27-2701 of this
    17  article.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00523-01-3