Full Text of HB0578 95th General Assembly
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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 | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Plastic Bag Recycling Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 7 |
| "Consumer" means any person who makes a purchase at retail | 8 |
| for any purpose other than resale. | 9 |
| "Distributing plastic bags to consumers" means the act of a | 10 |
| retailer giving to a consumer a plastic bag to store or | 11 |
| transport goods purchased at retail. | 12 |
| "Plastic bag" means any plastic, latex, or polypropylene | 13 |
| bag. | 14 |
| "Purchase at retail" means the acquisition of the ownership | 15 |
| of or title to tangible personal property through a sale at | 16 |
| 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 | 3 |
| feet of retail space in Lake County. | 4 |
| Section 10. Recycling pilot program in Lake County. | 5 |
| (a) Within 90 days after the first meeting of the Plastic | 6 |
| Bag Recycling Task Force created in Section 15 of this Act, the | 7 |
| Task Force shall promulgate procedures and guidelines | 8 |
| implementing a voluntary plastic bag recycling program for | 9 |
| retailers in Lake County. The Environmental Protection Agency | 10 |
| shall administer the program under the procedures and | 11 |
| guidelines adopted by the Task Force. | 12 |
| Beginning August 1, 2007, retailers, as defined by Section | 13 |
| 5 of this Act, participating in the pilot program and | 14 |
| distributing plastic bags to consumers free of charge as part | 15 |
| of a purchase at retail may: | 16 |
| (1) implement a plastic bag collection program that | 17 |
| facilitates the return and recycling of plastic bags | 18 |
| distributed to consumers by that retailer; | 19 |
| (2) provide a clearly marked receptacle for the | 20 |
| collection of plastic bags that is in a convenient location | 21 |
| for that retailer's consumers; and | 22 |
| (3) arrange for the pick-up, transport, and recycling | 23 |
| of plastic bags deposited in the collection receptacles by | 24 |
| consumers. | 25 |
| (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. | 3 |
| (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this Act, | 4 |
| the Plastic Bag Recycling Task Force shall be created and shall | 5 |
| conduct a meeting. The Task Force shall consist of one | 6 |
| legislator appointed by each of the following: the President of | 7 |
| the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of | 8 |
| the House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the | 9 |
| House of Representatives, and one representative from each of | 10 |
| the following: | 11 |
| (1) a grocery retailer; this representative shall be | 12 |
| selected by a statewide association exclusively | 13 |
| representing retailers; | 14 |
| (2) a retail pharmacy; this representative shall be | 15 |
| selected by a statewide association exclusively | 16 |
| representing retailers; | 17 |
| (3) a general merchandise retailer; this | 18 |
| representative shall be selected by a statewide | 19 |
| association exclusively representing retailers; | 20 |
| (4) a plastic film recycler; | 21 |
| (5) an entity operating as a recycling operator of | 22 |
| material recovery facilities receiving material from Lake | 23 |
| County; this entity shall be agreed upon by a | 24 |
| representative of the statewide association exclusively | 25 |
| representing retailers and a representative of the Solid |
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| Waste Agency of Lake County; | 2 |
| (6) a national waste hauler operating in Lake County | 3 |
| appointed by a national group representing solid waste | 4 |
| management entities; | 5 |
| (7) the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County; | 6 |
| (8) the State Chamber of Commerce; | 7 |
| (9) the Sierra Club of Lake County; | 8 |
| (10) the Chicago Recycling Coalition; | 9 |
| (11) the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; and | 10 |
| (12) the Lake County Board. | 11 |
| The Task Force shall meet at least twice per year. The Task | 12 |
| Force shall choose a chairperson from its membership. The | 13 |
| chairperson shall facilitate the meetings of the Task Force. | 14 |
| (b) On or before January 1, 2011, the Task Force, in | 15 |
| collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency, shall | 16 |
| compile and submit a report to the Governor, the President of | 17 |
| the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of | 18 |
| the House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the | 19 |
| House of Representatives, discussing the following: | 20 |
| (1) enrollment in the program; | 21 |
| (2) costs to the environment, retailers, residents of | 22 |
| Lake County; | 23 |
| (3) cost-benefit analysis of the program; and | 24 |
| (4) any burden suffered as a result of the program. | 25 |
| Section 90. Repealer. This Act is repealed June 1, 2011.".
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