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2018 SESSION
SB 139 Chesapeake Bay Watershed; imposes a tax on plastic bags provided to customers in certain localities.
Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Plastic bag tax in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Imposes a five-cent per bag tax on plastic bags provided to customers by certain retailers in localities located wholly within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and directs revenues to be used to support the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan. The bill also allows every retailer that collects the tax to retain one cent of the five-cent tax.
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HISTORY
- 12/27/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101643D
- 12/27/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/17/18 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (4-Y 11-N)