Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/s8726/amendment/original
Timestamp: 2019-02-21 03:32:31
Document Index: 381157135

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art 27', '§27', '§27', '§399', '§1352', '§ 2', '§ 27', '§ 4', '§  399', '§ 5', '§  2', '§  4']

NY State Senate Bill S8726
senate Bill S8726
Relates to prohibitions on single-use plastic straws in restaurants
Get Status Alerts for S8726
Jun 07, 2018 print number 8726b
Jun 07, 2018 amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
May 24, 2018 print number 8726a
May 24, 2018 amend and recommit to environmental conservation
S8726 (ACTIVE) - Details
Amd Art 27 Title 27 Head, §27-2701, add §27-2706, En Con L; add §399-tt, Gen Bus L; amd §1352, Pub Health L
S8726 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires that restaurants only provide single-use plastic straws to customers when explicitly requested by the customer or when selected by the consumer from a self-service dispenser.
S8726 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8726
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, the general business
law and the public health law, in relation to prohibitions on single-use
plastic straws in restaurants
This bill would reduce plastic pollution by prohibiting certain restau-
rants and food service establishments from providing a single-use plas-
tic straw with drinks unless requested by the customer.
Section one amends the title heading of title 27 of article 27 of the
Section two amends section 27-2701 of the environmental conservation law
by adding a new subdivision 8.
Section three amends the environmental conservation law by adding a new
section 27-2706.
Section four amends the general business law by adding a new section
399-tt.
Section five amends subdivision 2 of section 1352 of the public health
According to the United States National Park Service, Americans use 500
million plastic drinking straws each day. A majority of these straws
come from restaurants and other food service establishments where it is
common for a single-use plastic straw to be provided with each beverage
served. Plastic straws are quickly disposed of and end up in our land-
fills and waterways, where they are often ingested by land and marine
Plastic straws, typically made of a material called polypropylene, may
break down into smaller pieces over long periods of time, but never
completely biodegrade. It is said that nearly every plastic straw ever
used still exists in some form. While some plastics do end up being
incinerated, this process allows harmful, toxic chemicals to be released
By prohibiting certain food service establishments from habitually hand-
ing out straws with every beverage served and switching over to a "upon
request only" system, these establishments will be able to markedly
reduce the number of straws that end up in landfills and Waterways each
year, creating a cleaner and safer environment for humans and animals
S8726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
law and the public health law, in relation to prohibitions on  single-
use plastic straws in restaurants
Section 1. The title heading of title 27 of article 27 of the environ-
mental conservation law, as added by chapter 641 of the laws of 2008, is
PLASTIC BAG AND PLASTIC STRAW
§ 2. Section 27-2701 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
8. "RESTAURANT" MEANS ANY DINER OR OTHER EATING OR BEVERAGE ESTABLISH-
MENT, WHICH OFFERS FOR SALE FOOD OR BEVERAGES  TO  THE  PUBLIC,  GUESTS,
MEMBERS,  OR  PATRONS,  WHERE  THE  FOOD  OR  BEVERAGES  ARE CUSTOMARILY
CONSUMED ON THE PREMISES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, "RESTAURANT"  DOES
NOT  INCLUDE  A  FAST  FOOD  ESTABLISHMENT, BAR, COFFEE SHOP, CAFETERIA,
LUNCHEONETTE, SANDWICH STAND, SHORT ORDER CAFE, OR SODA FOUNTAIN.
section 27-2706 to read as follows:
§ 27-2706. SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS.
RESTAURANTS  SHALL ONLY PROVIDE SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS TO CUSTOMERS
WHERE EXPLICITLY REQUESTED BY THE CUSTOMER.
§ 4. The general business law is amended by adding a new section  399-
§  399-TT.  SINGLE-USE  PLASTIC STRAWS. RESTAURANTS SHALL ONLY PROVIDE
CUSTOMER PURSUANT TO TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN OF ARTICLE TWENTY-SEVEN  OF  THE
§ 5. Subdivision 2 of section 1352 of the public health law is amended
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2.  It  shall  be unlawful to furnish or serve in any public eating or
drinking establishment, any straw, tube or similar device  for  drinking
out  of  glasses, cups or containers of any type unless such straw, tube
or similar device conforms to and is furnished or served  in  accordance
with  TITLE  TWENTY-SEVEN  OF  ARTICLE TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION LAW AND the following requirements:  When offered for  use,
it shall be completely enclosed in an impervious or a bactericidal wrap-
per to be opened by the ultimate user; if unwrapped it may be used if it
is kept in an approved sanitary dispenser loaded from the original pack-
age  without handling, which dispenses one such straw, tube or device at
a time directly to the user and which is so constructed that the interi-
or may be cleaned and kept in a sanitary condition; unused loose straws,
tubes or devices already dispensed from the dispensing  container  shall
not be used again. No single-service paper containers, paper cups, paper
spoons, paper forks or paper plates shall be used a second time.
S8726A (ACTIVE) - Details
S8726A (ACTIVE) - Summary
S8726A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8726A
the general business law and the public health law, in relation to
prohibitions on single-use plastic straws in restaurants
S8726A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
8726--A
law  and the public health law, in relation to prohibitions on single-
§  2. Section 27-2701 of the environmental conservation law is amended
CONSUMED ON THE PREMISES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, "RESTAURANT" SHALL
INCLUDE A FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENT, BAR, COFFEE SHOP, CAFETERIA, LUNCHEO-
NETTE, OR SHORT ORDER CAFE; HOWEVER, "RESTAURANT" SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  A
SANDWICH  STAND,  SODA  FOUNTAIN, DRIVE-THROUGH PORTION OF A RESTAURANT,
DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT, OR ANY ESTABLISHMENT OR  PORTION  OF  A  RESTAURANT
WHERE FOOD OR BEVERAGES ARE CUSTOMARILY CONSUMED OFF THE PREMISES.
ERS WHERE EXPLICITLY REQUESTED BY THE CUSTOMER.
2. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PRECLUDE A RESTAURANT FROM  PROVIDING
CUSTOMERS  WITH NON-PLASTIC STRAWS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SINGLE-USE PLAS-
TIC STRAWS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE MADE FROM PAPER,  SUGAR
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§  4. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-
S8726B (ACTIVE) - Details
S8726B (ACTIVE) - Summary
S8726B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8726B
the general business law, in relation to prohibitions on single-use
Section one amends article 27 of the environmental conservation law by
adding a new title 28.
Section three sets forth the effective date. JUSTIFICATION:  According
to the United States National Park Service, Americans use 500 million
plastic drinking straws each day. A majority of these straws come from
restaurants and other food service establishments where it is common for
a single-use plastic straw to be provided with each beverage served.
Plastic straws are quickly disposed of and end up in our landfills and
waterways, where they are often ingested by land and marine animals.
S8726B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
8726--B
ness  law, in relation to prohibitions on single-use plastic straws in
FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS TITLE, "RESTAURANT" MEANS ANY DINER OR OTHER
ES TO THE PUBLIC, GUESTS, MEMBERS, OR PATRONS, WHERE THE FOOD OR  BEVER-
AGES  ARE  CUSTOMARILY  CONSUMED  ON  THE PREMISES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
SHOP, CAFETERIA, LUNCHEONETTE, OR SHORT ORDER  CAFE;  HOWEVER,  "RESTAU-
RANT"  SHALL  NOT INCLUDE A SANDWICH STAND, SODA FOUNTAIN, DRIVE-THROUGH
PORTION OF A RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT, OR  ANY  ESTABLISHMENT  OR
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