Full Text of SB1597 100th General Assembly
SB1597sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Terry Link Filed: 3/10/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1597
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1597 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Compostable Bags in Retail Establishments Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 7 | | "Plastic film bag" means a bag that is provided by a retail | 8 | | establishment at the check stand, cash register, point of sale, | 9 | | or other point of departure to a customer for the purpose of | 10 | | transporting food or merchandise out of the establishment or | 11 | | sold by a retailer in packages containing multiple bags | 12 | | intended for use as garbage, pet waste, or yard waste bags. | 13 | | "Plastic film bag" does not include bags used by customers | 14 | | inside stores to package bulk items such as fruit, vegetables, | 15 | | nuts, grains, candy, greeting cards, or small hardware items, | 16 | | such as nails and bolts, or to contain or wrap frozen foods, |
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| 1 | | meat or fish, whether prepackaged or not, or to contain or wrap | 2 | | flowers or potted plants, or other items where dampness may be | 3 | | a problem, or to contain unwrapped prepared foods or bakery | 4 | | goods, or to contain prescription drugs, or to safeguard public | 5 | | health and safety during the transportation of prepared | 6 | | take-out foods and prepared liquids intended for consumption | 7 | | away from the retail establishment; or newspaper bags, | 8 | | door-hanger bags, or laundry-dry cleaning bags. | 9 | | "Compostable" means that the product completely breaks | 10 | | down into a stable product due to the action of microorganisms | 11 | | in a controlled, aerobic commercial process that results in a | 12 | | material safe and desirable as a soil amendment, meets the | 13 | | compost standards under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 830.503, has been | 14 | | found to degrade satisfactorily at the composting facility | 15 | | receiving the material, meets industry standard specification | 16 | | ASTM D6400, and has been certified as compostable by the | 17 | | Biodegradable Products Institute or a similar national or | 18 | | international certification authority. | 19 | | "Retail establishment" means any person, corporation, | 20 | | partnership, business venture, public sports or entertainment | 21 | | facilities, government agency, street vendor or vendor at | 22 | | public events or festivals, or organizations that sell or | 23 | | provide merchandise, goods, or materials including, without | 24 | | limitation, clothing, food, beverages, household goods, or | 25 | | personal items of any kind directly to a customer. "Retail | 26 | | establishment" includes, but is not limited to, department |
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| 1 | | stores, clothing stores, jewelry stores, grocery stores, | 2 | | pharmacies, home improvement stores, liquor stores, | 3 | | convenience stores, gas stations, restaurants, food vending | 4 | | trucks, farmers markets, and temporary vendors of food and | 5 | | merchandise at street fairs and festivals. "Retail | 6 | | establishment" does not include food banks and other food | 7 | | assistance programs. | 8 | | Section 10. Compostable bags; retail establishments. No | 9 | | retail establishment in the State shall use, provide, or sell | 10 | | polyethylene or other non-compostable plastic film bags tinted | 11 | | green to the retail establishment's customers. Any plastic film | 12 | | bags meeting the definition of compostable that retail | 13 | | establishments provide or sell to customers must be tinted | 14 | | green and shall be clearly labeled "COMPOSTABLE", including | 15 | | language following the Federal Trade Commission's "Green | 16 | | Guides". No plastic film bag that retail establishments provide | 17 | | to or sell to customers may be labeled with the term | 18 | | "biodegradable", "degradable", "decomposable", or any similar | 19 | | terms, or in any way imply that the product will break down, | 20 | | fragment, biodegrade, or decompose in a landfill or other | 21 | | environment.
| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 23 | | 1, 2018.".
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