Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00229 Latest Draft

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General Assembly  Committee Bill No.  229  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 5042 
 
 
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(ENV)  
 
 
 
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF STYROFOAM TRAYS IN 
CONNECTICUT SCHOOLS.  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) On and after the effective 1 
date of this section, no school district or regional school district shall 2 
enter a contract for the purchase of any tray made from expanded 3 
polystyrene. Not later than October 1, 2019, each school district and 4 
regional school district shall develop a plan for discontinuing the use 5 
in such district of trays made from expanded polystyrene. Such plan 6 
shall require the district to discontinue such use not later than July 1, 7 
2020. For purposes of this section, "expanded polystyrene" means 8 
blown polystyrene and expanded and extruded foams that are 9 
thermoplastic petrochemical materials utilizing a styrene monomer 10 
and processed by any number of techniques including, but not limited 11 
to, fusion of polymer spheres, injection molding, foam molding and 12 
extrusion-blown molding. 13 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
  Committee Bill No. 229 
 
 
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Section 1 from passage New section 
 
ENV Joint Favorable