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2019 SESSION
HB 1669 Disposable paper and plastic bags; local taxation per bag when provided to consumers.
Introduced by: Betsy B. Carr | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Local disposable paper and plastic bag tax. Authorizes any locality to impose a tax of five cents per bag on disposable paper bags or disposable plastic bags provided to consumers by certain retailers, with certain bags being exempt from the tax. Revenues from the local tax would be collected by the Tax Commissioner and distributed monthly to the locality imposing the tax to be used by such locality for the mitigation of pollution and litter. The bill requires each locality imposing the tax by ordinance to provide a certified copy of the ordinance to the Tax Commissioner at least six months prior to the date the tax is to become effective. The bill also allows every retailer that collects the tax to retain one cent of the five-cent tax.
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- 12/03/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100447D
- 12/03/18 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/14/19 House: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (12-Y 10-N)