Bill Text: MI HB6504 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Environmental protection; pollution prevention; sale of certain single-use plastic items that are not degradable; prohibit. Amends heading of pt. 163 & sec. 16301 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.16301) & adds secs. 16302a & 16302b.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-11-28 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 11/27/2018 [HB6504 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB6504-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6504

 

 

November 27, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Cochran and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Trade.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending the heading of part 163 and section 16301 (MCL

 

324.16301) and by adding sections 16302a and 16302b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

PART 163. PLASTIC DEGRADABLE CONTAINERS PLASTICS

 

     Sec. 16301. As used in this part:

 

     (a) "Containers" means glass, metal, or plastic bottles, cans,

 

jars, or other receptacles that contain any substance.

 

     (b) "Degradable" means capable of being broken down by

 

biodegradation, photodegradation, or chemical degradation into

 

component parts within 360 days under exposure to the elements.

 

     (c) "Single-use plastic item" means a disposable item that is

 

made substantially of plastic and designed to be used only once.

 

Single-use plastic item includes, but is not limited to, any of the

following items:

 

     (i) Cotton swabs.

 

     (ii) Cutlery.

 

     (iii) Plates.

 

     (iv) Straws.

 

     (v) Drink stirrers.

 

     Sec. 16302a. (1) Beginning 5 years after the effective date of

 

the amendatory act that added this section, except as provided in

 

subsection (2), a person shall not sell or offer for sale in this

 

state a single-use plastic item that is not degradable.

 

     (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if there is no available

 

sustainable alternative for a single-use plastic item that is not

 

degradable.

 

     Sec. 16302b. Not later than 1 year after the effective date of

 

the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall

 

promulgate rules setting forth standards for determining if a

 

sustainable alternative is available for purposes of section

 

16302a.