Bill Text: TX HB2416 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of bags to customers of a business at the point of sale.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-04 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2416 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2416-Comm_Sub.html
By: Springer, Leach, Callegari, Sanford, | H.B. No. 2416 | |
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relating to the provision of bags to customers of a business at the | ||
point of sale. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) This Act shall be known and may be cited as | ||
the "Shopping Bag Freedom Act." | ||
SECTION 2. Title 6, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by | ||
adding Chapter 205 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 205. RIGHT OF BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE BAG TO CUSTOMER | ||
Sec. 205.001. PROVISION OF BAG AUTHORIZED. A business that | ||
sells an item to a customer may provide to the customer at the point | ||
of sale a bag, package or other container made from any material. | ||
Sec. 205.002. GENERAL PROHIBITIONS INVALID. (a) An | ||
ordinance or regulation adopted by a local government purporting to | ||
prohibit or restrict a business from providing to a customer at the | ||
point of sale a bag, package or other container made from any | ||
material is invalid and has no effect. | ||
SECTION 3. Beginning September 1, 2013, a local government | ||
may not enforce any ordinance or regulation adopted by the local | ||
government before that date that prohibits or restricts a business, | ||
other than a business serving only residents of that local | ||
government's territory, from providing to a customer at the point | ||
of sale a bag, package or other container made from any material. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |