Senate Bill S4536

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits grocery stores from providing plastic carryout bags and requires grocery stores to provide recyclable paper bags at no charge to customers

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S4536 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-2701, add §27-2706, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S108

2015-S4536 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits grocery stores from providing plastic carryout bags and requires grocery stores to provide recyclable paper bags at no charge to customers.

2015-S4536 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4536 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4536

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 grocery stores from providing plastic carryout bags

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4  of  section  27-2701  of  the  environmental
conservation  law,  as  added  by  chapter  641  of the laws of 2008, is
amended and four new subdivisions 8, 9, 10 and 11 are added to  read  as
follows:
  4. "Plastic carryout bag" means a [plastic carryout] bag MADE PREDOMI-
NANTLY OF ANY TYPE OF PLASTIC WHICH IS provided by a store to a customer
at  the point of sale, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE REUSABLE BAGS, PRODUCE BAGS,
OR PRODUCT BAGS AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION.
  8. "GROCERY STORE" MEANS A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT WHERE  PRODUCE,  MEATS
OR  OTHER  FOOD ITEMS ARE REGULARLY AND CUSTOMARILY SOLD FOR CONSUMPTION
OFF THE PREMISES.
  9. "PRODUCE BAG" OR "PRODUCT BAG" MEANS ANY BAG WITHOUT  HANDLES  USED
EXCLUSIVELY TO CARRY PRODUCE, MEATS, OR OTHER FOOD ITEMS TO THE POINT OF
SALE  INSIDE  A  STORE  OR  TO  PREVENT SUCH FOOD ITEMS FROM COMING INTO
DIRECT CONTACT WITH OTHER PURCHASED ITEMS.
  10. "RECYCLABLE" MEANS MATERIAL THAT  CAN  BE  SORTED,  CLEANSED,  AND
RECONSTITUTED  USING  AVAILABLE  RECYCLING  COLLECTION  PROGRAMS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF USING THE MATERIAL IN  THE  MANUFACTURE  OF  A  NEW  PRODUCT.
"RECYCLING"  DOES  NOT INCLUDE BURNING, INCINERATING, OR OTHERWISE THER-
MALLY DESTROYING SOLID WASTE.
  11. "RECYCLABLE PAPER CARRYOUT BAG" MEANS A PAPER BAG THAT  MEETS  ALL
OF  THE  FOLLOWING  REQUIREMENTS:  (A) IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT RECYCLABLE
OVERALL AND CONTAINS A MINIMUM OF EIGHTY PERCENT RECYCLED MATERIAL;  (B)
DISPLAYS THE WORD "RECYCLABLE" IN A HIGHLY VISIBLE MANNER ON THE OUTSIDE
OF THE BAG; AND (C) HAS PRINTED ON THE BAG THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07232-01-5
              

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