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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2622
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE THOMAS.
4931H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 260.283, RSMo, relating to political subdivisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 260.283, RSMo, is repealed, to read as follows:
[ 260.283. 1. All merchants, itinerant vendors, and peddlers doing
2 business in this state shall have the option to provide customers either a paper
3 or a plastic bag for the packaging of any item or good purchased, provided
4 such purchase is of a size and manner commensurate with the use of paper and
5 plastic bags.
6 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law , no political subdivision
7 shall impose any ban, fee, or tax upon the use of either paper or plastic bags for
8 packaging of any item or good purchased from a merchant, itinerant vendor , or
9 peddler . No political subdivision shall prohibit a consumer from using a
10 reusable bag for the packaging of any item or good purchased from a
11 merchant, itinerant vendor , or peddler . ]
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EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.