HB 5385 — AN ACT REQUIRING THE ELIMINATION OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS.

General Assembly ProposedCommittee Bill No.

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REP.(ENV) AN ACT REQUIRING THE ELIMINATION OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS.

REYES, 75th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING THE ELIMINATION OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS.

ThatSection the1. general statutes be amended to require the elimination of single-use plastic straws.

Statement(NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) For purposes of Purpose:this section:

To(1) reduce"Consumer" littermeans inany parks,person waterways,who andis urbana areasbusiness andinvitee toof createa cost-savingsfull inservice therestaurant; recycling process.

(2) "Single-use plastic straw" means a single-use, disposable tube made predominantly of plastic derived from either petroleum or a biologically based polymer, such as corn or other plant sources, used to transfer a beverage from a container to the mouth of the person drinking the beverage.

"Single-use plastic straw" does not include a straw made from nonplastic materials, including, but not limited to, paper, pasta, sugar cane, wood, metal or bamboo.

(3) "Full-service restaurant" means any establishment with the primary business purpose of serving food, where food may be consumed on the premises, and where all of the following actions are LCO No.

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(A) The consumer is escorted or assigned to an assigned eating area.

The employee may choose the assigned eating area or may seat the consumer according to the consumer's need for accommodation or other request;

(B) The consumer's food and beverage orders are taken after the consumer is seated at the assigned seating area;

(C) The food and beverage orders are delivered directly to the consumer;

(D) Any requested items associated with the consumer's food or beverage order are brought to the consumer;

and (E) The check for payment of such food or beverage order is delivered directly to the consumer at the assigned eating area.

(b) No owner or operator of a full-service restaurant shall provide a single-use plastic straw to a consumer unless requested by the consumer.

(c) The provisions of this section may be enforced by any municipal health department or district department of health that has jurisdiction over the subject full-service restaurant.

The owner or operator of a full- service restaurant that violates the provisions of this section shall be issued a warning for the first and second violations of the provisions of this section.

Any such owner or operator who violates the provisions of this section on a third or subsequent occasion shall be fined twenty- five dollars for each day such full-service restaurant is in violation provided such fines shall not exceed three hundred dollars in any year.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any municipality from adopting and implementing an ordinance or rule that would further restrict an owner or operator of a full-service restaurant from providing a single-use plastic straw to a consumer.

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5385 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section Statement of Purpose:

To reduce litter in parks, waterways and urban areas and to create cost savings in the recycling process.

except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors:

REP.

REYES, 75th Dist.;

REP.

DIMASSA, 116th Dist.

REP.

WINKLER, 56th Dist.;

REP.

MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd Dist.

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