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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY McGEEHAN, BELFANTI, BRIGGS, HESS, JOSEPHS, KESSLER, KORTZ, McILVAINE SMITH, M. O'BRIEN AND SIPTROTH, JANUARY 11, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 11, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Prohibiting grocery stores from providing to purchasers paper |
2 | and plastic bags for goods purchased at grocery stores. |
3 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4 | hereby enacts as follows: |
5 | Section 1. Prohibition. |
6 | (a) General rule.--No grocery store may provide to the |
7 | purchaser of its goods any paper or plastic bag for the use of |
8 | the purchaser to remove the goods from the grocery store. |
9 | (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the sale |
10 | at retail by a grocery store of paper or plastic bags which are |
11 | not used by a purchaser for the removal of any goods from the |
12 | grocery store at the time of the sale. |
13 | (c) Definition.--As used in this section, "grocery store" |
14 | means a retail establishment primarily engaged in the business |
15 | of selling or otherwise dealing at retail in fresh meats, |
16 | produce and groceries. |
17 | Section 2. Effective date. |
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1 | This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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