Bill Text: NY S04861 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the manufacture, sale or distribution of business transaction paper containing bisphenol A.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S04861 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04861-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4861
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 22, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
         vation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         prohibiting  the  sale of thermal receipt paper containing bisphenol A
         and reserving jurisdiction in matters pertaining to such paper for the
         state
         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 37-0513 to read as follows:
    3  S 37-0513. THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER.
    4    1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER" OR  "CASH
    5  REGISTER  RECEIPT  PAPER"  MEANS  ANY PAPER THAT IS USED BY A COMMERCIAL
    6  ENTITY TO ISSUE A MECHANICALLY PRODUCED RECORD OF  A  COMMERCIAL  TRANS-
    7  ACTION.
    8    2.  ON  AND  AFTER  OCTOBER 1, 2017 NO PERSON SHALL MANUFACTURE, SELL,
    9  OFFER FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTE ANY THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER OR CASH  REGISTER
   10  RECEIPT PAPER THAT CONTAINS BISPHENOL A.
   11    3.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,
   12  IF THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DOES NOT IDENTIFY A
   13  SAFE, COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE USE OF  BISPHENOL  A  IN
   14  THERMAL  RECEIPT  PAPER OR CASH REGISTER RECEIPT PAPER ON OR BEFORE JUNE
   15  30, 2017, NO PERSON SHALL MANUFACTURE, SELL, OFFER FOR SALE OR  DISTRIB-
   16  UTE  ANY  THERMAL  RECEIPT  PAPER  OR  CASH  REGISTER RECEIPT PAPER THAT
   17  CONTAINS BISPHENOL A ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2019.
   18    4. JURISDICTION IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO RECEIPT PAPER  CONTAINING
   19  BISPHENOL  A IS HEREBY VESTED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE STATE. ANY PROVISION OF
   20  ANY LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE, OR ANY RULE OR REGULATION PROMULGATED THERE-
   21  TO, GOVERNING RECEIPT PAPER  CONTAINING  BISPHENOL  A  SHALL,  UPON  THE
   22  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, BE PREEMPTED.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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