A212B-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Prohibits the manufacture, sale or distribution of business transaction paper containing bisphenol A

Bill A212B-2011

Prohibits the manufacture, sale or distribution of business transaction paper containing bisphenol A

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

Details

Versions A212-2011 A212A-2011 A212B-2011
Sponsor:Maisel
Multi-sponsor(s): Arroyo, Boyland, Cook, Gibson, Johns
Co-sponsor(s): Englebright, Jaffee, Colton, Lupardo, Robinson, Rivera P, Weprin, Schimel, Perry, Bronson, Rosenthal
Committee: RULES
Law Section: Environmental Conservation Law
Law: Add §37-0513, En Con L

Actions

Jun 20, 2012: REFERRED TO RULES
Jun 20, 2012: delivered to senate
Jun 20, 2012: passed assembly
Jun 6, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.38
Jun 6, 2012: rules report cal.38
Jun 6, 2012: reported
Jun 5, 2012: reported referred to rules
May 8, 2012: reported referred to codes
Apr 23, 2012: print number 212b
Apr 23, 2012: amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
Jan 4, 2012: referred to environmental conservation
May 6, 2011: print number 212a
May 6, 2011: amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
Jan 5, 2011: referred to environmental conservation

Text


STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________

212--B

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

(PREFILED)

January 5, 2011
___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MAISEL, ENGLEBRIGHT, JAFFEE, COLTON, LUPARDO,
  ROBINSON, P. RIVERA, WEPRIN, SCHIMEL,  PERRY,  BRONSON,  ROSENTHAL  --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BOYLAND, COOK, GIBSON, JOHNS --
  read  once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
  and  recommitted  to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on
  Environmental Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2
  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  prohibiting the sale of thermal receipt paper containing bisphenol A

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
new section 37-0513 to read as follows:
S 37-0513. THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER.
  1.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER" OR "CASH
REGISTER RECEIPT PAPER" MEANS ANY PAPER THAT IS  USED  BY  A  COMMERCIAL
ENTITY  TO  ISSUE  A MECHANICALLY PRODUCED RECORD OF A COMMERCIAL TRANS-
ACTION.
  2. ON AND AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2014 NO  PERSON  SHALL  MANUFACTURE,  SELL,
OFFER  FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTE ANY THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER OR CASH REGISTER
RECEIPT PAPER THAT CONTAINS BISPHENOL A.
  3. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION 2 OF THIS SECTION, IF
THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DOES  NOT  IDENTIFY  A
SAFE,  COMMERCIALLY  AVAILABLE  ALTERNATIVE TO THE USE OF BISPHENOL A IN
THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER OR CASH REGISTER RECEIPT PAPER ON OR  BEFORE  JUNE
30,  2014, NO PERSON SHALL MANUFACTURE, SELL, OFFER FOR SALE OR DISTRIB-
UTE ANY THERMAL RECEIPT  PAPER  OR  CASH  REGISTER  RECEIPT  PAPER  THAT
CONTAINS BISPHENOL A ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2016.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00765-04-2

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