New Jersey § 13:1e-99
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 13:1e-99, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13:1e-99.
a. Beginning 18 months after the effective date of P.L.2020, c. 117 ( C.13:1E-99.126 et al.): 1 (1) no store or food service business shall provide or sell a single-use plastic carryout
bag to a customer; and (2) no grocery store shall provide or sell a single-use paper carryout bag to a customer. b. A municipality or county shall not adopt any rule, regulation, code, or ordinance
concerning the regulation or prohibition of single-use plastic carryout bags or single-use
paper carryout bags after the effective date of P.L.2020, c. 117 ( C.13:1E-99.126 et al.). c. Beginning 18 months after the effective date of P.L.2020, c. 117 ( C.13:1E-99.126 et al.), this section shall supersede and preempt any municipal or county rule, regulation,
code, or ordinance concerning the regulation or prohibition of single-use plastic
carryout bags or single-use paper carryout bags that was enacted prior to the effective
date of P.L.2020, c. 117 ( C.13:1E-99.126 et al.). d. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section to the contrary,
beginning 24 months after the effective date of P.L.2020, c. 117 ( C.13:1E-99.126 et al.), no food bank or food pantry shall provide a single-use plastic carryout
bag to a customer. As used in this subsection: “ Food bank ” means the same as the term is defined in section 2 of P.L.1982, c. 178 ( C.24:4A-2 ). “ Food pantry ” means a nonprofit organization or government entity that distributes food to individuals
in need of assistance, including, but not limited to, a soup kitchen, homeless shelter,
or religious organization. 1
L.2020, c. 117, eff. Nov. 4, 2020.
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