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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2630 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 584 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2630 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISTRIBUTION OF COMPOSTABLE AND | |
| 19 | 19 | BIODEGRADABLE BAGS BY FOOD RETAILERS. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That the general statutes be amended to require that: (1) All produce 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | bags offered to consumers at retail establishments be made of 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | compostable and biodegradable polymers as certified by the 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | Biodegradable Products Institute, and (2) that all such food retailers 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | offer single-use bags for sale that are made of the same compostable 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | and biodegradable polymers. 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 30 | 30 | To encourage the development of environmentally friendly practices at | |
| 31 | 31 | grocery stores. |