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NY S01497
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Patricia Fahy
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AI Summary
- Establishes a one-year phase-in period for local paper carryout bag reduction fees imposed by counties or cities
- During the first year, 40% of collected fees go to the county or city to purchase and distribute reusable bags, prioritizing low- and fixed-income communities
- After the first year, 40% of fees collected are returned directly to the businesses that collected them rather than to local governments
- Unused funds at the end of each fiscal year must be returned to the state comptroller and deposited into the general fund for reusable bag distribution
- Remaining fee revenues continue to be deposited into the Environmental Protection Fund
Legislative Description
Implements a one year phase-in period for a local law, ordinance or resolution imposing a paper carryout bag reduction fee where forty percent of such fees are returned to such county or city for the purpose of purchasing and distributing reusable bags, with priority given to low- and fixed-income communities, and after the first year, such forty percent of fees shall be remitted to the person who collected the fees.
Last Action
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
1/7/2026
Committee Referrals
Environmental Conservation1/7/2026
Finance5/28/2025
Environmental Conservation1/10/2025
Full Bill Text
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