Bill Text: NJ A1254 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires DEP to conduct study concerning single-use paper bags and plastic bags.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee [A1254 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1254-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1254

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  LINDA STENDER

District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires DEP to conduct study concerning single-use paper bags and plastic bags.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to study the environmental impact of single-use paper bags and plastic bags.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    The Department of Environmental Protection shall conduct an environmental impact study concerning single-use paper bags and plastic bags, and shall make legislative and regulatory recommendations relating to their use.

     The study shall consider the energy and resources used in the production, disposal, and recycling of both paper and plastic bags, and any environmental consequences, including environmental damages caused by the littering of bags.  

 

2.    Within one year after the effective date of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection shall prepare and submit a final report, including its findings and recommendations, to the Governor, to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), and to the chairpersons and members of the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee and the Senate Environment Committee, or their successor committees.  Copies of the report shall also be provided to the public upon request and free of charge, and the report shall be posted on the Internet website of the Department of Environmental Protection.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to conduct an environmental impact study concerning single-use paper bags and plastic bags. 

     Under this bill, the study would consider the energy and resources used in the production, disposal, and recycling of both paper and plastic bags, and any environmental consequences, including environmental damages caused by the littering of bags, and would make legislative and regulatory recommendations.  

     Within one year after the date of enactment, the DEP would prepare and submit a final report to the Governor, the Legislature, the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee, and the Senate Environment Committee.  Copies of the report would also be provided to the public upon request and free of charge, and the report would be posted on the DEP website.