Permits the use of plastic bags until January 1, 2021 and suspends any rule or regulation concerning bag waste reduction currently in effect until January 1, 2021 in response to the public health emergency related to the coronavirus (COVID-19).
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10354
IN ASSEMBLY
April 29, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019, amending the
environmental conservation law and other laws relating to establishing
guidelines for bag waste reduction, in relation to the effectiveness
thereof; and suspends any rule or regulation concerning such bag waste
reduction currently in effect until January 1, 2021 in response to the
public health emergency related to the coronavirus (COVID-19)
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 5 of part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019,
2 amending the environmental conservation law and other laws relating to
3 establishing guidelines for bag waste reduction, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 § 5. This act shall take effect [March 1, 2020] January 1, 2021.
6 § 2. Any rule or regulation established and/or enacted in furtherance
7 of part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019 are hereby suspended and
8 shall resume effectiveness on January 1, 2021.
9 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
10 have been in full force and effect on and after March 1, 2020.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16014-02-0
