Relates to prohibiting the sale of beverage containers which use plastic packaging containers

S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3969 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GUNTHER, THIELE, CRUZ, DINOWITZ, McDO- NOUGH, L. ROSENTHAL, OTIS, BRONSON, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the prohibition of the use of plastic beverage container packaging THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 27-1011 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 1 of part PP of chapter 58 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 3. No deposit initiator, distributor or dealer shall sell or offer for sale in this state beverage containers connected to each other by a separate holding device constructed of plastic [which does not: (a) decompose by photodegradation or biodegradation; or (b) comply with minimum post-consumer recycled material content and hole diameter limitations as defined in rules and regulations promulgat- ed by the department, and is recyclable and indicates a resin identifi- cation code]. § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01057-01-3