Amendment #1352 to H4700

Utilizing Unclaimed Bottle Deposits for Environmental Protection

Ms. Ciccolo of Lexington Moves to amend the bill by adding the following 3 sections:

“SECTION XXXX. Section 323D of chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 8, the words “section three hundred and twenty-three F” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- section 323G.

SECTION XXXX. Said chapter 94 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after section 323E the following section:-

Section 323G. (a) There shall be established on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Clean Environment Fund. Amounts deposited in said fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, solely for programs and projects in the management of solid waste, environmental protection, and climate change mitigation; provided, however, that no funds shall be used for costs associated with incineration.

(b) Not less than forty percent of amounts deposited in the Fund shall be used for recycling, composting and solid waste source reduction projects and programs.

(c) Not less than an additional twenty percent of amounts deposited in the Fund shall be used for recycling and other solid waste projects and programs.

(d) Not more than forty percent of amounts deposited in the fund shall be used for other environmental programs consistent with the purposes of the “bottle bill”, so-called.

SECTION XXXX. Section 326 of said chapter 94, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 4, the words “three hundred and twenty-three F” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- section 323G.”

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Utilizing Unclaimed Bottle Deposits for Environmental Protection