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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1240
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1240 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything from line 22 on page 5 through line 5 on page 7 with | ||||||
| 4 | the following:
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| 5 | "Section 20. Use of tax proceeds by counties and municipal | ||||||
| 6 | joint action agencies. A county or municipal joint action | ||||||
| 7 | agency shall use the revenue received from the checkout bag tax | ||||||
| 8 | in the following manner: | ||||||
| 9 | (1) At least 50% of the funds shall be used to collect | ||||||
| 10 | items that include auxiliary containers, checkout bags, | ||||||
| 11 | oil-based paints, latex paints, paint thinners, | ||||||
| 12 | herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, gasoline, pool | ||||||
| 13 | chemicals, packaging, plastic film, prescription drugs, | ||||||
| 14 | non-prescription drugs, cleaning products, mercury, | ||||||
| 15 | household batteries, used motor oil, oil filters, drain | ||||||
| 16 | cleaners, lawn chemicals, solvents, antifreeze, carpet, | ||||||
| 17 | mattresses, sharps, needles, fluorescent lamps, aerosol | ||||||
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| 1 | products, adhesives, glues, acids, caustics, flammable | ||||||
| 2 | liquid, and any other product collected at a residential | ||||||
| 3 | household hazardous waste event funded by the Agency. A | ||||||
| 4 | county or municipal joint action agency may contract with a | ||||||
| 5 | governmental entity whose primary function is | ||||||
| 6 | environmental protection and operates permanent and | ||||||
| 7 | temporary household waste facilities or a private vendor | ||||||
| 8 | whose primary function is to collect and process permanent | ||||||
| 9 | and temporary household hazardous waste to collect | ||||||
| 10 | materials in this Section that are considered hazardous. | ||||||
| 11 | (2) At least 5% of the remaining 50% of the funds shall | ||||||
| 12 | be used for education programs to reduce contamination and | ||||||
| 13 | increase participation in recycling and composting | ||||||
| 14 | programs. The remainder of the funds available under this | ||||||
| 15 | paragraph (2) shall be used for: | ||||||
| 16 | (A) programs to increase the collection and | ||||||
| 17 | recycling or composting of auxiliary containers; | ||||||
| 18 | (B) programs or grants to encourage infrastructure | ||||||
| 19 | development for and market development or recycling | ||||||
| 20 | and composting; | ||||||
| 21 | (C) the implementation of solid waste management | ||||||
| 22 | plans developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Planning | ||||||
| 23 | and Recycling Act; or | ||||||
| 24 | (D) the purposes enumerated in paragraph (1) of | ||||||
| 25 | this Section.".
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