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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 280 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3525 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Joseph D. McKenna |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/7/2025Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth2/7/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 280 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3525 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative McKenna of Sutton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3525) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Joseph D. McKenna and Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida for legislation to further define miniature |
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| 20 | 20 | | beverage containers under the "bottle bill", so-called. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3189 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 321 of chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definitions of “Beverage” and “Beverage |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3container” and inserting in place thereof the following 2 definitions:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 “Beverage”, soda water or similar carbonated soft drinks, mineral water, alcoholic |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5beverages sold in a miniature and beer and other malt beverages, but shall not include alcoholic |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6beverages other than beer and malt beverages as defined in chapter 138 and alcoholic beverages |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7sold in a miniature, dairy products, natural fruit juices or wine. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 “Beverage container”, any sealable bottle, can, jar, or carton which is primarily composed |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9of glass, metal, plastic or any combination of those materials and is produced for the purpose of 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10containing a beverage, including a miniature. This definition shall not include containers made of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11biodegradable material. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 SECTION 2. Said section 321 of said chapter 94 is hereby further amended by inserting |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13after the definition of “Label” the following definition:- |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 “Miniature”, any sealable bottle, can, jar, or carton which is primarily composed of glass, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15metal, plastic, or any combination of those materials that has a capacity of not more than 100 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16milliliters and is produced for the purpose of containing an alcoholic beverage. |
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