Title: Prohibits Single-Use Plastic Bags
Title: Prohibits Single-Use Plastic Bags
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits single-use plastic bags by stores and food service businesses, effective 6 months after bill's passage.
Prohibits stores and food service businesses from providing a single-use plastic carryout bag to a customer after a sale (Sec. 2).
Specifies that a store or food service business may charge $00.10 to customers for a single-use plastic bag in the 4 months following the bills passage (Sec. 2).
Exempts Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Programs (SNAP), Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), and Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs from these provisions (Sec. 2).
Exempts the following from these provisions, including, but not limited to (Sec. 2):
Handless paper bags 6 inches across or less; or
Bags used for which there are not reasonable packaging or distribution alternative.
Defines “store” as any retail establishment that sells or provides merchandise, goods, or materials directly to a customer, including, but not limited to (Sec. 2):
Restaurants, grocery stores, or supermarkets;
Convenience stores, liquor stores or drug stores; and
Pharmacies or other retail establishments.
Defines “food service business” as a business that sells or provides food for consumption on or off the premises and includes the following (Sec. 2):
Restaurants, cafes, or coffee shops;
Supermarkets, grocery stores, or delicatessen (deli); and
Vending truck or cart, food truck, movie theater, or institutional cafeteria.
Defines “single-use carryout bag” as a bag made of plastic, paper, or other material that is provided by a store or food service business to a customer at the point of sale (Sec. 2).
Title: Prohibits Single-Use Plastic Bags