Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits single-use plastic bags by stores and food service businesses, effective 6 months after bill's passage.

Highlights:

• 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).

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