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2020 SESSION
SB 193 Single-use plastic and expanded polystyrene products; local prohibition, local tax.
Introduced by: Barbara A. Favola | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Single-use plastic and expanded polystyrene products; local prohibition; local tax. Authorizes a locality to prohibit by ordinance the purchase, sale, or provision, whether free or for a cost, of certain single-use products that are not recyclable or compostable and for which there is a suitable and cost-effective compostable or recyclable alternative product available, with certain exceptions. The bill also authorizes any locality to impose a five-cent per item tax on single-use plastics and polystyrene products provided to customers by certain retailers, with certain products being exempt from the tax. The bill directs revenue from the local tax to be used by the locality imposing the tax for cleanup or education programs designed to reduce waste. The bill allows every restaurant or retailer that collects the tax to retain one cent of the five-cent tax if the tax is paid in a timely manner.
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HISTORY
- 12/29/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101425D
- 12/29/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 01/20/20 Senate: Rereferred from Local Government (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/30/20 Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 0-N)