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A04883 Summary:

BILL NOA04883
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04158
 
SPONSORCusick
 
COSPNSRBenedetto, Weprin, Cymbrowitz, Miller MG, Pichardo, Abbate, Hikind, Dilan, Barron, Titone, Crespo, Colton, Harris, Cook, Williams, Arroyo, Joyner, Bichotte
 
MLTSPNSROaks
 
 
Relates to establishing a moratorium on the adoption or implementation of any local law, ordinance, rule or regulation in a city with a population of one million or more related to charging a fee for carryout merchandise bags or a fee of similar effect.
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A04883 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4883
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 3, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced   by   M.   of  A.  CUSICK,  BENEDETTO,  WEPRIN,  CYMBROWITZ,
          M. G. MILLER, SIMANOWITZ, PICHARDO,  ABBATE,  HIKIND,  DILAN,  BARRON,
          TITONE,  CRESPO,  COLTON,  HARRIS,  COOK,  WILLIAMS,  ARROYO,  JOYNER,
          BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
 
        AN ACT to establish a moratorium on the adoption  or  implementation  of
          any  local  law,  ordinance, rule or regulation relating to charging a
          fee for carryout merchandise bags or a  fee  of  similar  effect;  and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. There is hereby established a moratorium  on  the  adoption
     2  and/or  implementation  of  any  local  law or ordinance, or any rule or
     3  regulation, by a city with a population of one million or more,  related
     4  to  charging  a fee for carryout merchandise bags ("carryout bags") or a
     5  fee of similar effect.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to  be
     7  in full force and effect on and after February 15, 2017 and shall expire
     8  and  be  deemed repealed two hundred and seventy days after the adoption
     9  of a local law which re-authorizes, modifies or repeals local law number
    10  63 of the city of New York for the year 2016, as amended  by  local  law
    11  number 81 of the city of New York for the year 2016, for the charging of
    12  a  fee on customers for carryout bags, which re-authorization, modifica-
    13  tion or repeal must be passed by the council of the  city  of  New  York
    14  during  the term commencing January 1, 2018 and terminating December 31,
    15  2021, or any term commencing thereafter. The mayor  of  a  city  with  a
    16  population  of  one  million  or  more shall notify the legislative bill
    17  drafting commission upon the adoption of such local law  in  order  that
    18  the  commission  may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base
    19  of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance
    20  of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law  and
    21  section 70-b of the public officers law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09304-06-7
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