Prohibits grocery stores from providing plastic carryout bags and requires grocery stores to provide recyclable paper bags at no charge to customers.
Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Sponsored bills
Relates to trademark counterfeiting.
Enacts "private environmental law enforcement act"; authorizes any private citizen who has an interest which is or may be adversely affected to commence civil judicial actions for injunctive or declaratory relief to remedy environmental harms under certain circumstances; provides that such action may be commenced against any person for any violation of an administrative or court order compelling an investigation or remediation of an inactive hazardous waste disposal site.
Relates to changes in health insurance contracts or plans for retired officers, employees, and their families.
Includes geothermal energy systems within the meaning of the term "qualified energy efficiency services" for purposes of on-bill financing under the power NY act of 2011.
Relates to authorizing the creation of a lupus awareness license plate and to creating the lupus research and education fund.
Relates to discovery, pretrial motions, securing attendance of witnesses by subpoena, motion to suppress evidence and tampering with a witness.
Allows public utility lines and bicycle paths on certain state lands in the forest preserve and establishes a forest preserve health and safety land account.
Provides that each investor owned utility must file with the public service commission an electric vehicle charging tariff that allows a customer to purchase electricity solely for the purpose of recharging an electric vehicle; defines terms; makes related provisions.