Bill > A426

Introduced Session

This bill repeals sections 1 through 9 of P.L.2020, c.117 (C.13:1E-99.126 through C.13:1E-99.134), which currently does the following: (1) prohibits certain establishments from providing or selling various single-use products, such as plastic carryout bags, paper carryout bags, polystyrene foam service products, and plastic straws, to customers; (2) establishes penalties for noncompliance; (3) establishes a Plastics Advisory Council within the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); (4) requires the Department of State, in consultation with the DEP, to develop a program to assist businesses in complying with the law; (5) and requires the DEP to develop rules and regulations as necessary to implement the law. By repealing this law, certain establishments throughout the State would be permitted to provide and sell various single-use products to customers. Specifically, stores and food service business would be permitted to provide or sell single-use plastic carryout bags to customers; food banks and food pantries would be permitted to provide single-use plastic carryout bags to customers; grocery stores would be permitted to provide or sell single-use paper carryout bags to customers; food service businesses would be permitted to provide or sell food in a polystyrene foam food service product; the sale of polystyrene food service products would be permitted; and food service businesses would be permitted to provide single-use plastic straws to customers without requiring the customer to request a single-use plastic straw. This bill also amends section 5 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-217) to reflect the repeal of P.L.2020, c.117 by deleting language added to that section in P.L.2020, c.117.

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Bob Auth (R)*,  John DiMaio (R)*,  Christian Barranco (R),  Brian Bergen (R),  Robert Clifton (R),  Michele Matsikoudis (R),  Antwan McClellan (R),  Erik Peterson (R),  Erik Simonsen (R),  Mike Torrissi (R),  Jay Webber (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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