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HB1194: establishing a surcharge for certain single use plastics.

Citation
2020 HB1194
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Bill details

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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Hearing
01/23/2020 at 09:30 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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HB 1194 - AS INTRODUCED

2020 SESSION

20-2277

08/06

HOUSE BILL 1194

AN ACT establishing a surcharge for certain single use plastics.

SPONSORS: Rep. Balch, Hills. 38; Rep. Oxenham, Sull. 1; Rep. Vann, Hills. 24

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a surcharge for the use of certain single use plastics.

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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2277

08/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT establishing a surcharge for certain single use plastics.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Subdivision; Single-Use Plastic User Surcharge. Amend RSA 149-M by inserting after section 60 the following new subdivision:

Single-Use Plastic User Surcharge

149-M:61 Definitions. In this subdivision:

I. "Single-use plastics" means a single-use, disposable object made predominantly of plastic derived from either petroleum or a biologically based polymer, used to transfer a beverage from a container to the mouth of a person drinking the beverage.

II. "Merchant" means any business that offers items for sale at retail.

149-M:62 Single-Use Plastic Use Surcharge. In order to encourage the use of reusable cups and bags instead of single-use plastic cups and bags, a merchant may charge $0.05 per single-use plastic cup and single-use plastic bag. The merchant shall keep the collected surcharge. Single-use plastic bags that are used for bulk items, to prevent the leaking of food items, and packages of multiple bags or beverage containers shall be exempt from the surcharge.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect one year after its passage.