Bill Text: CT HB05200 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5200 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Expanding The Bottle Bill To Include Wine And Liquor Beverage Containers.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-13 - Referred to Joint Committee on Environment [HB05200 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05200-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5200*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 546

Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
REP. ZALASKI, 81st Dist.

AN ACT EXPANDING THE BOTTLE BILL TO INCLUDE WINE AND LIQUOR BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 22a-243 of the general statutes be amended to include wine and liquor beverage containers and impose a fifteen cent refund value on each such container.

Statement of Purpose:

To increase moneys that will escheat to the state through unclaimed refunds on bottle deposits and to reduce litter and solid waste generation while increasing incentives to recycle.