Bill Text: NY S03089 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits the distribution and use of business transaction paper containing bisphenol A.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S03089 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03089-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3089
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 8, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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
         prohibiting  the  distribution and use of paper containing bisphenol A
         for the recording of any business transaction
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
    2  new section 37-0508 to read as follows:
    3  S 37-0508. TRANSACTION PAPER.
    4    NO PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY
    5  OR CORPORATION, INCLUDING BANKING ORGANIZATIONS, SHALL DISTRIBUTE OR USE
    6  ANY  PAPER  CONTAINING  BISPHENOL A FOR THE RECORDING OF ANY BUSINESS OR
    7  BANKING TRANSACTION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,  RECEIPTS,  CREDITS,
    8  WITHDRAWALS, DEPOSITS, AND CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD RECORDS.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   10  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00765-01-1
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