Environment & Energy Committee
Filed: 3/7/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 578




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 578 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
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Plastic Bag Recycling Act.
 
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    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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    "Consumer" means any person who makes a purchase at retail 
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for any purpose other than resale.
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    "Distributing plastic bags to consumers" means the act of a 
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retailer giving to a consumer a plastic bag to store or 
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transport goods purchased at retail.
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    "Plastic bag" means any plastic, latex,  or polypropylene 
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bag.
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    "Purchase at retail" means the acquisition of the ownership 
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of or title to tangible personal property through a sale at 
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retail.
 


 






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    "Retailer" means a person engaged in the business of
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sales at retail that owns or controls more than 10,000 square 
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feet of retail space in Lake County.
 
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    Section 10. Recycling pilot program in Lake County. 
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    (a) Within 90 days after the first meeting of the Plastic 
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Bag Recycling Task Force created in Section 15 of this Act, the 
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Task Force shall promulgate procedures and guidelines 
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implementing a voluntary plastic bag recycling program for 
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retailers in Lake County. The Environmental Protection Agency 
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shall administer the program under the procedures and 
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guidelines adopted by the Task Force.  
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    Beginning August 1, 2007, retailers, as defined by Section 
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5 of this Act,  participating in the pilot program and 
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distributing plastic bags to consumers free of charge as part 
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of a purchase at retail may:
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        (1) implement a plastic bag collection program that 
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    facilitates the return and recycling of plastic bags 
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    distributed to consumers by that retailer;
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        (2) provide a clearly marked receptacle  for the 
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    collection of plastic bags that is in a convenient location 
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    for that retailer's consumers; and
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        (3) arrange for the pick-up, transport, and recycling 
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    of plastic bags deposited in the collection receptacles by 
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    consumers. 
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    (b) In meeting the program guidelines, retailers may work 
 


 






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individually or as part of a group.

 
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    Section 15. Task force. 
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    (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this Act, 
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the Plastic Bag Recycling Task Force shall be  created and shall 
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conduct a meeting.  The Task Force shall consist of one 
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legislator appointed by each of the following:  the President of 
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the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of 
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the House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the 
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House of Representatives, and one representative from each of 
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the following:
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        (1) a grocery retailer; this representative shall be 
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    selected by a statewide association exclusively 
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    representing retailers;
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        (2) a retail pharmacy; this representative shall be 
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    selected by a statewide association exclusively 
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    representing retailers;
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        (3) a general merchandise retailer; this 
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    representative shall be selected by a statewide 
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    association exclusively representing retailers;
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        (4) a plastic film recycler;
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        (5) an entity operating as a recycling operator of 
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    material recovery facilities receiving material from Lake 
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    County; this entity shall be agreed upon by a 
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    representative of the statewide association exclusively 
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    representing retailers and a representative of the Solid 
 


 






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    Waste Agency of Lake County;
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        (6) a national waste hauler operating in Lake County 
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    appointed by a national group representing solid waste 
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    management entities;
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        (7) the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County;
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        (8) the State Chamber of Commerce;
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        (9) the Sierra Club of Lake County;
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        (10) the Chicago Recycling Coalition;
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        (11) the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; and
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        (12) the Lake County Board.
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    The Task Force shall meet at least twice per year. The Task 
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Force shall choose a chairperson from its membership. The 
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chairperson shall facilitate the meetings of the Task Force.
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    (b) On or before January 1, 2011, the Task Force, in 
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collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency, shall 
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compile and submit a report to the Governor, the President of 
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the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of 
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the House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the 
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House of Representatives, discussing the following:
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        (1) enrollment in the program;
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        (2) costs to the environment, retailers, residents of 
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    Lake County;
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        (3) cost-benefit analysis of the program; and
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        (4) any burden suffered as a result of the program.
 
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    Section 90. Repealer. This Act is repealed June 1, 2011.".