Legislation

Title: Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Senator Ramirez
Status: In the Senate - Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Prohibiting a store from distributing plastic disposable carryout bags free of charge to a customer at the point of sale; requiring a store to charge and collect a 10-cent fee for each paper disposable carryout bag the store provides to a customer; authorizing the store to pay a customer a credit of at least 5 cents for each bag provided by the customer; requiring a store to remit to the Comptroller the money retained by the store for specified purposes; establishing a maximum penalty of $100 for a violation of the Act; etc.

Committees

Original:: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Click to view Recorded Media; Finance

Details

Cross-filed with: HB0031

Introduced in a prior session as: SB0620 Session: 2015 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2016

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 12/16/2015 Legislative Date 11/04/2015 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 12/16/2015 Legislative Date 1/13/2016 Action First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Finance Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/06/2016 Legislative Date 1/06/2016 Action Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs) Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
Senate	12/16/2015	11/04/2015	Pre-filed
Senate	12/16/2015	1/13/2016	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Finance
Senate	1/06/2016	1/06/2016	Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)

Documents

Date Posted	Document Name
12/17/2015	Text - First - Community Cleanup and Greening Act of 2016

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Statutes