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HB5161 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5161

 

Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Sam Yingling

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/25-90 new

    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that no State agency shall use or purchase for use styrofoam-based products for use in providing food services. Provides that non-styrofoam-based alternatives may be purchased for the purposes of providing food services as a replacement for the prohibited styrofoam-based products. Provides that any surplus supplies remaining as a result of the requirement may be transferred or donated for use by other food service entities. Defines "State agency".


LRB102 25913 RJF 35273 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5161LRB102 25913 RJF 35273 b

1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5adding Section 25-90 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/25-90 new)
7    Sec. 25-90. Styrofoam-based product ban. Notwithstanding
8any provision of law to the contrary, no State agency shall use
9or purchase for use styrofoam-based products for use in
10providing food services. Non-styrofoam-based alternatives may
11be purchased for the purposes of providing food services as a
12replacement for the prohibited styrofoam-based products. Any
13surplus supplies remaining as a result of the requirements of
14this Section may be transferred or donated for use by other
15food service entities.
16    For the purposes of this Section, "State agency" has the
17meaning provided under Section 1-7 of the Illinois State
18Auditing Act.