An Act To Prohibit the Use of Certain Disposable Food Service Containers
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0289
Committee Amendment CA_B_H50 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "_B" to H.P. 213, L.D. 289, Bill, "An Act To 
Prohibit the Use of Certain Disposable Food Service Containers" 
Amend the bill by strildng out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Establish the Plastics Recycling Task Force' 
Amend the bill by strildng out everything after the title and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Plastics Recycling Task Force established; report. Resolved: That 
the Plastics Recycling Task Force, referred to in this section as "the task force," is 
established to develop a comprehensive plastics recycling management plan and 
recommendations for legislative, regulatory or local government actions necessary to 
increase the rate of plastics recycling in the State. 
1. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection or the commissioner's designee 
shall serve as the chair of the task force and shall invite the participation of the following 
members: 
A. 
The Commissioner of Health and Human Services or the commissioner's 
designee; 
B. A representative of a statewide business association; 
C. A representative of a statewide restaurant association; 
D. 
A representative of a statewide or national environmental organization with 
expertise in environmental protection, ecology or plastics pollution mitigation; and 
E. A representative of the State
1s lobster industry. 
Each member of the task force serves for the duration of the task force and serves without 
compensation. 
2. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection or the commissioner1s designee 
shall convene the first meeting of the task force no later than 30 days after the effective 
date of this resolve. The Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of 
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Health and Human Services shall jointly provide staff support to the task force as 
necessary. 
3. The task force shall, at a minimum: 
A. Study the most efficient means of increasing the rate of plastics recycling in the 
State; 
B. 
Study the effects of local, regional, statewide or other plastics product 
prohibitions on affected communities; 
C. Develop uniform policies to be used by state and local governments to address 
plastics recycling; 
D. Develop proposals for increasing public awareness and education regarding litter 
reduction, especially plastics litter reduction; and 
E. Prepare a comprehensive plastics recycling management plan to be submitted to 
the Legislature under subsection 4, which must include, but is not limited to, specific 
recommendations for legislative, regulatory or local government actions necessary to 
increase the rate of plastics recycling in the State. 
4. No later than January 15, 2020, the task force shall submit to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources a report con~aining its fmdings and 
recommendations, including, but not limited to, the comprehensive plastics recycling 
management plan described in subsection 3, paragraph E and any proposed legislation to 
implement the task force's recommendations. After reviewing the report, the committee 
may repo1t out legislation to implement the recommendations described in the report.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, changes the title and 
replaces the bill with a resolve that establishes the Plastics Recycling Task Force to be 
convened by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. No later than January 15, 
2020, the task force must submit to the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and 
Natural Resources a report containing 'its findings and recommendations, including a 
comprehensive plastics recycling management plan and recommendations for legislative, 
regulatory or local government actions necessaiy to increase the rate of plastics recycling 
in the State. After reviewing the report, the committee may report out legislation to 
implement the recommendations described in the report. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 03/22/19 feac 
LD289 
LR 261(03) 
An Act To Prohibit the Use of Certain Disposable Food Service Containers 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "ft ( H /Su) 
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Any additional costs to the Department of Environmental Protection to chair the Plastics Recycling Task Force and to 
the Department of Health and Human Services to provide a member of the task force and for both to report back on the 
findings are expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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