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2019 SESSION
HB 2095 Local prohibition on single use plastic and expanded polystyrene products; local tax.
Introduced by: Elizabeth R. Guzman | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Local prohibition on single use plastic and expanded polystyrene products; local disposable plastic bag 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 county or city to impose a five-cent per bag tax on disposable plastic bags provided to customers by certain retailers, with certain bags being exempt from the tax. The bill directs revenue from the local tax to be used by the county or city imposing the tax for litter control and stormwater management. The bill allows every 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
- 01/07/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102821D
- 01/07/19 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/18/19 House: Referred from Rules by voice vote
- 01/18/19 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 02/05/19 House: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns