GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 23
SENATE BILL 142

AN ACT TO APPLY THE REQUIREMENT THAT PLASTIC BAGS DISTRIBUTED AT RETAIL OUTLETS HAVE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF RECYCLABILITY ON THE BAG ONLY TO BAGS PURCHASED BY THE RETAILER AFTER 1 JANUARY 1991.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 130A-309.10(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	(1)	After 1 January 1991, no plastic bag shall be provided at any retail outlet to any retail customer to use for the purpose of carrying items purchased by that customer unless the bag is composed of material which is recyclable.  Notice of recyclability shall be printed on each bag purchased by the retailer after 1 January 1991.
(2)	After 1 January 1993, no plastic bag shall be provided at any retail outlet to any retail customer to use for the purpose of carrying items purchased by that customer unless the Secretary certifies that not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of such bags are being recycled."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective on and after 1 January 1991.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of April, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives