Sen. Laura Fine
Filed: 4/21/2023
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2376
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2376 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 52.11 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (415 ILCS 5/52.11 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 52.11. Disposable food service containers. | ||||||
8 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||
9 | "Disposable food service container" means service ware | ||||||
10 | designed for one-time use. "Disposable food service container" | ||||||
11 | includes, but is not limited to, service ware for take-out | ||||||
12 | foods, bakery products, and leftovers from partially consumed | ||||||
13 | meals. "Disposable food service container" does not include | ||||||
14 | polystyrene foam coolers or ice chests that are used for the | ||||||
15 | processing or shipping of seafood or service ware that is used | ||||||
16 | to contain, transport, or otherwise package raw, uncooked, or |
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1 | butchered meat, poultry, fish, or seafood. | ||||||
2 | "Polystyrene foam" means blown polystyrene and expanded or | ||||||
3 | extruded foams using a styrene monomer. | ||||||
4 | "Service ware" means a container, bowl, plate, tray, | ||||||
5 | carton, cup, lid, or other item designed to contain, | ||||||
6 | transport, serve, or aid in the consumption of food or | ||||||
7 | beverages. | ||||||
8 | "State facility" means any facility (i) that is owned and | ||||||
9 | operated by the State or leased and operated by the State and | ||||||
10 | (ii) that is the primary stationary work location for 25 or | ||||||
11 | more State employees. "State facility" does not include any | ||||||
12 | facility under the jurisdiction of the legislative branch, | ||||||
13 | including the Auditor General, or the judicial branch. | ||||||
14 | (b) Beginning January 1, 2024, a State facility may not | ||||||
15 | sell or distribute a disposable food service container that is | ||||||
16 | composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam. | ||||||
17 | (c) The prohibition in subsection (b) does not apply to | ||||||
18 | (i) an entity that receives State funds to provide food to | ||||||
19 | needy individuals at no or nominal charge or (ii) a State | ||||||
20 | agency that provides food to needy individuals at no or | ||||||
21 | nominal charge.
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law.".
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