| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to local government; removing prohibition on banning merchant bags; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 471.9998. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. REPEALER. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 471.9998, is repealed. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 25-00082 as introduced11/19/24 REVISOR MS/BM |
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| 9 | 9 | | SENATE |
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| 10 | 10 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 11 | 11 | | S.F. No. 1598NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 12 | 12 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: MCEWEN, Fateh and Port) |
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| 13 | 13 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 14 | 14 | | Introduction and first reading02/20/2025 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Referred to State and Local Government 471.9998 MERCHANT BAGS. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Subdivision 1.Merchant option.All merchants, itinerant vendors, and peddlers doing business |
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| 17 | 17 | | in this state shall have the option to provide customers a paper, plastic, or reusable bag for the |
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| 18 | 18 | | packaging of any item or good purchased, provided such purchase is of a size and manner |
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| 19 | 19 | | commensurate with the use of paper, plastic, or reusable bags. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Subd. 2.Prohibition; bag ban.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no political |
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| 21 | 21 | | subdivision shall impose any ban upon the use of paper, plastic, or reusable bags for packaging of |
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| 22 | 22 | | any item or good purchased from a merchant, itinerant vendor, or peddler. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1R |
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| 24 | 24 | | APPENDIX |
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| 25 | 25 | | Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-00082 |
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