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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5086 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000155 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO COMMERCI AL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISION S -- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ENVIRONMENTAL MARKET ING ACT |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Representatives McGaw, Cortvriend, Carson, Speakman, Donovan, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Ajello, Kislak, Bennett, Tanzi, and Cotter |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: January 12, 2023 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources |
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| 23 | 23 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 6-13.3 of the General Laws entitled "Environmental Marketing Act" 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 6-13.3-1.1. Definitions. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) "Compost" shall have the same meaning as defined in § 2-22-3. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) "Consumer product" shall have the same meaning as defined in § 6-57-1. 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) "Free fluoride" or "ionic fluoride" means fluoride not bonded to carbon. 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (4) "Organic fluorine" means fluorine bonded directly to carbon. 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (5) "Total organic fluorine" means total fluorine minus free fluoride. 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (6) "Package" shall have the same meaning as defined in § 23-18.13-3. 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (7) "Packaging component" shall have the same meaning as defined in § 23 18.13-3. 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (8) "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl" or "PFAS" shall have the same meaning as 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | defined in § 23-18.13-3. 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. Section 6-13.3-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 6-13.3 entitled 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | "Environmental Marketing Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6-13.3-2. Deceptive environmental marketing claims Deceptive environmental 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | marketing claims or sales. 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (a) It is unlawful for any person, in the course of that person’s business, vocation or 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | occupation, to make any untruthful, deceptive, or misleading environmental marketing claims 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | about a product or package sold or offered for sale in this state. For the purposes of this chapter, 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity. 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (b) A person shall not advertise, market, sell, offer for sale, or distribute in this state a 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | consumer product that is labeled with the term "compostable" if the product has a total organic 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | fluorine concentration of greater than one hundred parts per million (100 ppm), or any product in 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | violation of the provisions of chapter 18.13 of title 23. 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. 8 |
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| 58 | 58 | | LC000155 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 60 | 60 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 61 | 61 | | OF |
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| 62 | 62 | | A N A C T |
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| 63 | 63 | | RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY P ROVISIONS -- |
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| 64 | 64 | | ENVIRONMENTAL MARKET ING ACT |
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| 65 | 65 | | *** |
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| 66 | 66 | | This act would prohibit the marketing or sale of consumer products labeled as 1 |
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| 67 | 67 | | "compostable" if the product has a total organic fluorine concentration of greater than one hundred 2 |
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| 68 | 68 | | parts per million (100 ppm) or if the product is in violation of the provisions of chapter 18.13 of 3 |
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| 69 | 69 | | title 23 (Toxic Packaging Reduction Act). 4 |
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| 70 | 70 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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