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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1951 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6011 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1951 | |
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| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. RYAN, 139 | |
| 15 | 15 | th Dist. | |
| 16 | 16 | REP. MUSHINSKY, 85 | |
| 17 | 17 | th Dist. | |
| 18 | 18 | REP. PALM, 36 | |
| 19 | 19 | th Dist. | |
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| 25 | 25 | AN ACT REGULATING THE TRANSITION FROM PLASTIC, SINGLE - | |
| 26 | 26 | USE CARRYOUT BAGS TO REUSABLE BAGS. | |
| 27 | 27 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 28 | 28 | Assembly convened: | |
| 29 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 30 | That the general statutes be amended to establish a three-year 1 | |
| 31 | 31 | period during which the distribution of single-use plastic carryout 2 | |
| 32 | 32 | bags is reduced by eighty per cent and retail establishments offer 3 | |
| 33 | 33 | reusable bags to consumers for a fee of not less than fifteen cents, the 4 | |
| 34 | 34 | proceeds of which are retained by the retailer. Additionally, after such 5 | |
| 35 | 35 | three-year period, no retailer may provide a customer with a plastic, 6 | |
| 36 | 36 | single-use carryout bag and any reusable bag offered by such retailer 7 | |
| 37 | 37 | to such customer shall be for a fee of not less than twenty-five cents. 8 | |
| 38 | 38 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 39 | 39 | To keep plastic bags from polluting the state's environment. |