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