Full Text of SB1240 101st General Assembly
SB1240sam003 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Terry Link Filed: 5/1/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1240
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1240 by replacing | 3 | | everything from line 22 on page 5 through line 5 on page 7 with | 4 | | the following:
| 5 | | "Section 20. Use of tax proceeds by counties and municipal | 6 | | joint action agencies. A county or municipal joint action | 7 | | agency shall use the revenue received from the checkout bag tax | 8 | | in the following manner: | 9 | | (1) At least 50% of the funds shall be used to collect | 10 | | items that include auxiliary containers, checkout bags, | 11 | | oil-based paints, latex paints, paint thinners, | 12 | | herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, gasoline, pool | 13 | | chemicals, packaging, plastic film, prescription drugs, | 14 | | non-prescription drugs, cleaning products, mercury, | 15 | | household batteries, used motor oil, oil filters, drain | 16 | | cleaners, lawn chemicals, solvents, antifreeze, carpet, | 17 | | mattresses, sharps, needles, fluorescent lamps, aerosol |
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| 1 | | products, adhesives, glues, acids, caustics, flammable | 2 | | liquid, and any other product collected at a residential | 3 | | household hazardous waste event funded by the Agency. A | 4 | | county or municipal joint action agency may contract with a | 5 | | governmental entity whose primary function is | 6 | | environmental protection and operates permanent and | 7 | | temporary household waste facilities or a private vendor | 8 | | whose primary function is to collect and process permanent | 9 | | and temporary household hazardous waste to collect | 10 | | materials in this Section that are considered hazardous. | 11 | | (2) At least 5% of the remaining 50% of the funds shall | 12 | | be used for education programs to reduce contamination and | 13 | | increase participation in recycling and composting | 14 | | programs. The remainder of the funds available under this | 15 | | paragraph (2) shall be used for: | 16 | | (A) programs to increase the collection and | 17 | | recycling or composting of auxiliary containers; | 18 | | (B) programs or grants to encourage infrastructure | 19 | | development for and market development or recycling | 20 | | and composting; | 21 | | (C) the implementation of solid waste management | 22 | | plans developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Planning | 23 | | and Recycling Act; or | 24 | | (D) the purposes enumerated in paragraph (1) of | 25 | | this Section.".
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