Full Text of SB0303 95th General Assembly
SB0303enr 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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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 |
| "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection | 8 |
| Agency. | 9 |
| "Consumer" means any person who makes a purchase at retail | 10 |
| for any purpose other than resale. | 11 |
| "Distributing plastic bags to consumers" means the act of a | 12 |
| retailer giving to a consumer a plastic bag to store or | 13 |
| transport goods purchased at retail. | 14 |
| "Plastic bag" means any plastic, latex, or polypropylene | 15 |
| bag. | 16 |
| "Purchase at retail" means the acquisition of the ownership | 17 |
| of or title to tangible personal property through a sale at | 18 |
| retail. | 19 |
| "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 | 21 |
| feet of retail space in Lake County. | 22 |
| Section 10. Recycling pilot program in Lake County. |
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| (a) Within 90 days after the first meeting of the Plastic | 2 |
| Bag Recycling Task Force, the Task Force shall promulgate | 3 |
| procedures and guidelines implementing a voluntary plastic bag | 4 |
| recycling pilot program for retailers in Lake County. The | 5 |
| Agency shall administer the pilot program under the procedures | 6 |
| and guidelines adopted by the Task Force. | 7 |
| Retailers, as defined by Section 5 of this Act, that are | 8 |
| participating in the pilot program and distributing plastic | 9 |
| bags to consumers free of charge as part of a purchase at | 10 |
| retail must: | 11 |
| (1) implement a plastic bag collection program that | 12 |
| facilitates the return and recycling of plastic bags | 13 |
| distributed to consumers by that retailer; | 14 |
| (2) provide a clearly marked receptacle for the | 15 |
| collection of plastic bags that is in a convenient location | 16 |
| for that retailer's consumers; and | 17 |
| (3) arrange for the pick-up, transport, and recycling | 18 |
| of plastic bags deposited in the collection receptacles by | 19 |
| consumers. | 20 |
| (b) In meeting the pilot program guidelines, retailers may | 21 |
| work individually or as part of a group. | 22 |
| (c) The provisions of this Section are subject to | 23 |
| appropriation. | 24 |
| Section 15. Task Force. | 25 |
| (a) The Plastic Bag Recycling Task Force is created. The |
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| Task Force shall consist of one legislator appointed by each of | 2 |
| the following: the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader | 3 |
| of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and | 4 |
| the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; 3 | 5 |
| representatives of a statewide association exclusively | 6 |
| representing retailers; and one representative from each of the | 7 |
| following: | 8 |
| (1) a plastic film recycler; | 9 |
| (2) the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County; | 10 |
| (3) the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; and | 11 |
| (4) the Lake County Board. | 12 |
| Within 90 days after the effective date of this Act the | 13 |
| Plastic Bag Recycling Task Force shall be formed. The Task | 14 |
| Force shall meet at least twice a year. The Agency shall chair | 15 |
| the meetings and facilitate the Task Force. | 16 |
| (b) On or before March 1, 2010, the Task Force, in | 17 |
| collaboration with the Agency, shall compile and submit a | 18 |
| report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the | 19 |
| Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of | 20 |
| Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of | 21 |
| Representatives, discussing, but not limited to, the following | 22 |
| topics: | 23 |
| (1) enrollment in the pilot program; | 24 |
| (2) benefits and costs to the environment, retailers, | 25 |
| residents of Lake County; | 26 |
| (3) cost-benefit analysis of the pilot program; |
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| (4) any burden suffered as a result of the pilot | 2 |
| program; and | 3 |
| (5) any unforeseen transportation issues, liability, | 4 |
| or costs for participants in the pilot program. | 5 |
| Section 90. Repealer. This Act is repealed June 1, 2010.
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