Bill Text: NY A00727 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to conduct a study on food waste initiatives and to provide recommendations based on the study's findings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to ways and means [A00727 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00727-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           727
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Ways and Means
        AN  ACT  authorizing  and  directing  the  commissioner of environmental
          conservation to conduct a study  on  food  waste  initiatives  and  to
          provide recommendations based on the study's findings
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this  act,  the  following
     2  terms shall have the following meanings:
     3    1.  "agency" means any state department, agency, board, public benefit
     4  corporation, public authority, or commission.
     5    2. "food service establishments" shall include, but not be limited to,
     6  the following: full-service restaurants, fast food  restaurants,  cafes,
     7  delicatessens, coffee shops, and cafeterias.
     8    3.  "commissioner"  means  the commissioner of environmental conserva-
     9  tion.
    10    4. "department" means the department of environmental conservation.
    11    5. "food waste" means food that is not required to meet the needs of a
    12  food service establishment and which is disposed of  in  a  manner  such
    13  that it will not be eaten.
    14    6.  "food  waste  initiative"  means  an  initiative regarding the use
    15  and/or disposal of food waste.
    16    § 2. Study. 1. The commissioner is authorized and directed to  conduct
    17  a study on food waste initiatives throughout the state. Such study shall
    18  include, but not be limited to:
    19    a.  food waste initiatives implemented or planned to be implemented by
    20  non-governmental organizations, agencies, and other states and nations;
    21    b. any laws, rules, or regulations  proposed  or  implemented  in  any
    22  municipality; and
    23    c. scholarly articles and proposals for food waste initiatives.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00494-01-9
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     1    2.  Upon request, an agency shall provide the commissioner with infor-
     2  mation which may help complete the commissioner's study.
     3    §  3.  Report.  The  commissioner shall submit to the governor and the
     4  legislature, no later than eighteen months after the effective  date  of
     5  this  act,  a report on the findings of the study as well as the commis-
     6  sioner's recommendations for reducing food waste within the state.
     7    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.