Indiana House Bill 1355 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 13 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-19 - Representative Sullivan added as coauthor
Pending: House Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Imposes a monthly fee on a newspaper publisher's use of newsprint in a newspaper published in Indiana equal to: (1) $25 multiplied by each metric ton of newsprint used by the publisher; minus (2) $25 multiplied by each metric ton of newsprint used by the publisher that is newsprint that contains at least 40% post-consumer recycled content. Establishes the recycled newsprint promotion fund. Provides that the monthly fees must be: (1) deposited in the recycled newsprint promotion fund; and (2) used by the department of environmental management to award grants to assist publishers who wish to upgrade their presses to facilitate the use of recycled newsprint. Provides that money in the fund is continuously appropriated.

Recycled newsprint fee and promotion fund.

Rep. Mary Sullivan [D]

Rep. David Wolkins [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-19		Representative Sullivan added as coauthor
2010-01-13		First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
2010-01-13		Authored by Representative Wolkins

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2010&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1355
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/IN/IN1355.1.html