Paper and plastic bags; imposes fee of $0.05 on those used by purchasers to carry tangible property. (SB970)
Introduced By
Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Paper and plastic bag fee. Imposes a fee of $0.05 on paper and plastic bags used by purchasers to carry tangible personal property from the place of purchase. Durable, reusable plastic bags and bags used for ice cream, meat, fish, poultry, leftover restaurant food, newspapers, dry cleaning, and prescription drugs are exempt from the fee. Retailers are allowed to retain $0.01 of the $0.05 fee or $0.02 if the retailer has a customer bag credit program. The revenues raised by the fee will be deposited in the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund. Failure to collect and remit the fee is punishable by fines of $250, $500, and $1,000 for the first, second, and third or subsequent offenses, respectively. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/08/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 |
01/08/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101745D |
01/08/2013 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
01/13/2013 | Impact statement from TAX (SB970) |
01/16/2013 | Committee substitute printed to Web only 13104101D-S1 |
01/16/2013 | Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (5-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
Comments
Sounds Like Adam Ebbin has exempt all the types of bags he might use.