HB4297 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4297

Introduced 1/28/2020, by Rep. Daniel Didech

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 5/22.61

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2022, a retailer who sells to a customer in this State shall provide the customer with the option to receive a receipt via email. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by changing and renumbering Section 22.59 as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/22.61)

Sec. 22.61 22.59. Regulation of bisphenol A in business transaction paper.

(a) For purposes of this Section, "thermal paper" means paper with bisphenol A added to the coating.

(b) Beginning January 1, 2020, no person shall manufacture, for sale in this State, thermal paper.

(c) No person shall distribute or use any thermal paper for the making of business or banking records, including, but not limited to, records of receipts, credits, withdrawals, deposits, or credit or debit card transactions. This subsection shall not apply to thermal paper that was manufactured prior to January 1, 2020.

(d) The prohibition in subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to paper containing recycled material.

(e) On and after January 1, 2022, a retailer who sells to a customer in this State shall provide the customer with the option to receive a receipt via email.

(Source: P.A. 101-457, eff. 8-23-19; revised 10-22-19.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.