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S 3840: Requires the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to prohibit the sale of single use plastic water bottles in state parks managed by such office.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified February 3, 2025

What S 3840 does, verified February 3, 2025

The bill aims to prohibit the sale of single-use plastic water bottles in state parks managed by the office. The change will apply to all contracts entered into, renewed or modified on and after the effective date of the bill. The new rule will help reduce plastic waste in state parks.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION (2025-01-30)Alert me
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Jan. 30, 2025REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 30, 2025 · 212 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3840 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to requiring the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to prohibit the sale of single use plastic water bottles in certain state parks The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic preser- 2 vation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 24 to read as follows: 3 24. Prohibit the sale of single use plastic water bottles in state 4 parks managed by the office. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 6 it shall have become a law and shall apply to all contracts entered 7 into, renewed or modified on and after the effective date of this act. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07361-01-5 
Text of S 3840 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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