New York S 5684: Relates to returnable bottles; repealer

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S05684 Summary:

BILL NOS05684 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06543

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSRBASKIN, BOTTCHER, BRISPORT, CLEARE, FAHY, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER,
 RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SUTTON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§27-1003, 27-1005, 27-1007, 27-1011, 27-1012, 27-1013, 27-1014 & 27-1018, rpld §27-1018, En Con L

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Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle redemption fraud in New York state.

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BILL NOS05684 

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02/27/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5684

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MAY, BRISPORT, CLEARE, FAHY, GONZALEZ, HINCHEY,
 HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR,
 SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
 be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 returnable bottles; to direct the multi-agency bottle bill fraud
 investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bottle
 redemption fraud in New York state; and to repeal section 27-1018 of
 such law relating to the beverage container assistance program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 27-1003 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as amended by section 2 of part SS of chapter 59 of
 3 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. "Beverage" means carbonated soft drinks, noncarbonated soft drinks,
 5 noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices containing less than one hundred
 6 percent fruit or vegetable juice, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated
 7 fruit beverages, water, beer, other malt beverages, cider as defined in
 8 section three of the alcoholic beverage control law, and [a] wine [prod-
 9 uct] products as defined in [subdivision thirty-six-a of] section three
 10 of the alcoholic beverage control law. "Malt beverages" means any bever-
 11 age obtained by the alcoholic fermentation or infusion or decoction of
 12 barley, malt, hops, or other wholesome grain or cereal and water includ-
 13 ing, but not limited to ale, stout or malt liquor. "Water" means any
 14 beverage identified through the use of letters, words or symbols on its
 15 product label as a type of water, including any flavored water or nutri-
 16 tionally enhanced water[, provided, however, that "water" does not
 17 include any beverage identified as a type of water to which a sugar has
 18 been added].

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05023-04-5

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 1 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 27-1003 of the environmental conserva-
 2 tion law, as amended by section one of this act, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. "Beverage" means [carbonated soft drinks, noncarbonated soft
 5 drinks, noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices containing less than one
 6 hundred percent fruit or vegetable juice, coffee and tea beverages,
 7 carbonated fruit beverages, water, beer, other malt beverages, cider as
 8 defined in section three of the alcoholic beverage control law, and a
 9 wine product as defined in section three of the alcoholic beverage
 10 control law. "Malt beverages" means any beverage obtained by the alco-
 11 holic fermentation or infusion or decoction of barley, malt, hops, or
 12 other wholesome grain or cereal and water including, bu