Bill Text: CT SB00210 | 2011 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Prohibiting The Use Of Bisphenol-a In Thermal Receipt Paper.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-13 - Signed by the Governor [SB00210 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00210-Chaptered.html
Substitute Senate Bill No. 210
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF BISPHENOL-A IN THERMAL RECEIPT PAPER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) (a) For the purposes of this section, "thermal receipt paper" or "cash register receipt paper" means any paper that is used by a commercial entity to issue a mechanically produced record of a commercial transaction.
(b) On and after October 1, 2013, no person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale or distribute in this state any thermal receipt paper or cash register receipt paper that contains bisphenol-A.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, if the United States Environmental Protection Agency does not identify a safe, commercially available alternative to the use of bisphenol-A in thermal receipt paper or cash register receipt paper on or before June 30, 2013, no person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale or distribute in this state any thermal receipt paper or cash register receipt paper that contains bisphenol-A on and after July 1, 2015.
(d) The provisions of this section may be enforced, within available appropriations, by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.