Full Text of HB2376 103rd General Assembly
HB2376sam002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Laura Fine Filed: 4/24/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2376
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2376 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 52.11 as follows: | 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/52.11 new) | 7 | | Sec. 52.11. Disposable food service containers. | 8 | | (a) In this Section: | 9 | | "Disposable food service container" means service ware | 10 | | designed for one-time use. "Disposable food service container" | 11 | | includes, but is not limited to, service ware for take-out | 12 | | foods, bakery products, and leftovers from partially consumed | 13 | | meals. "Disposable food service container" does not include | 14 | | polystyrene foam coolers, egg carton containers, ice chests | 15 | | that are used for the processing or shipping of seafood or | 16 | | service ware that is used to contain, transport, or otherwise |
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| 1 | | package raw, uncooked, or butchered meat, poultry, fish, or | 2 | | seafood. | 3 | | "Polystyrene foam" means blown polystyrene and expanded or | 4 | | extruded foams using a styrene monomer. | 5 | | "Service ware" means a container, bowl, plate, tray, | 6 | | carton, cup, lid, or other item designed to contain, | 7 | | transport, serve, or aid in the consumption of food or | 8 | | beverages. | 9 | | "State facility" means any facility (i) that is owned and | 10 | | operated by the State or leased and operated by the State and | 11 | | (ii) that is the primary stationary work location for 25 or | 12 | | more State employees. "State facility" does not include any | 13 | | facility under the jurisdiction of the legislative branch, | 14 | | including the Auditor General, or the judicial branch. | 15 | | (b) Beginning January 1, 2024, a State facility may not | 16 | | sell or distribute a disposable food service container that is | 17 | | composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam. | 18 | | (c) The prohibition in subsection (b) does not apply to | 19 | | (i) an entity that receives State funds to provide food to | 20 | | needy individuals at no or nominal charge or (ii) a State | 21 | | agency that provides food to needy individuals at no or | 22 | | nominal charge.
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.".
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