| 23 | | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) For the purposes of 1 |
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| 24 | | - | this section: 2 |
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| 25 | | - | (1) "Single-use carryout bag" means a bag made of plastic, paper or 3 |
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| 26 | | - | other material that is provided by a store to a customer at the point of 4 |
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| 27 | | - | sale, customarily without a fee, and that is not one hundred per cent 5 |
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| 28 | | - | recyclable. "Single-use carryout bag" does not include any of the 6 |
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| 29 | | - | following: (A) A bag provided by a pharmacy to a customer 7 |
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| 30 | | - | purchasing a prescription medication, (B) a nonhandled bag used to 8 |
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| 31 | | - | protect a purchased item from damaging or contaminating other 9 |
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| 32 | | - | purchased items when placed in a one hundred per cent recyclable 10 |
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| 33 | | - | bag, a compostable bag, a recycled paper bag or a reusable bag, (C) a 11 |
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| 34 | | - | bag provided to contain an unwrapped food item, or (D) a nonhandled 12 |
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| 35 | | - | bag that is designed to be placed over: (i) Articles of clothing on a 13 |
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| 36 | | - | hanger, or (ii) a newspaper. 14 |
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| 37 | | - | (2) "Store" means a retail establishment that meets any of the 15 |
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| 38 | | - | Committee Bill No. 5019 |
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| 41 | | - | LCO No. 5081 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | | - | following requirements: (A) Is a full-line, self-service retail store with 16 |
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| 44 | | - | gross annual sales of two million dollars or more and that sells a line of 17 |
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| 45 | | - | dry groceries, canned goods or nonfood items and some perishable 18 |
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| 46 | | - | items, (B) contains not less than ten thousand square feet of retail space 19 |
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| 47 | | - | that generates sales or use tax in accordance with title 12 of the general 20 |
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| 48 | | - | statutes, (C) is a convenience food store, foodmart or other entity that 21 |
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| 49 | | - | is engaged in the retail sale of a limited line of goods, generally 22 |
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| 50 | | - | including milk, bread, soda and snack foods, or (D) is a convenience 23 |
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| 51 | | - | food store, foodmart or other entity that is engaged in the retail sale of 24 |
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| 52 | | - | goods intended to be consumed off the premises. 25 |
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| 53 | | - | (b) (1) On and after October 1, 2019, no store shall provide or sell to 26 |
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| 54 | | - | any customer at the point of sale a single-use carryout bag at a cost of 27 |
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| 55 | | - | less than five cents. 28 |
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| 56 | | - | (2) Any funds collected by a store pursuant to subdivision (1) of this 29 |
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| 57 | | - | subsection shall be deposited with the Commissioner of Revenue 30 |
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| 58 | | - | Services who shall provide for the deposit of such funds into the 31 |
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| 59 | | - | account established pursuant to section 23-15h of the general statutes. 32 |
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| 60 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 63 | | - | Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section |
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| 23 | + | That the general statutes be amended to establish a five-cent tax on 1 |
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| 24 | + | single-use plastic and paper bags and that funds from such tax be used 2 |
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| 25 | + | for environmental purposes and to encourage consumers to use 3 |
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| 26 | + | reusable bags. 4 |
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