Bill Text: NJ S2819 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Repeals fee on single-use carryout bags.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-07-01 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee [S2819 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S2819-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH PENNACCHIO
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Repeals fee on single-use carryout bags.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning fees on single-use carryout bags and repealing P.L. , c. (pending before the Legislature as Assembly Bill No. 3267 of 2018).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as Assembly Bill No. 3267 of 2018) is repealed.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would repeal the law that imposes a five-cent fee on single-use carryout bags provided to customers by certain stores.