HOUSE BILL No. 4730


     April 30, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Profit, Schroer, LaForge and Brater and referred to the Committee on Conservation, Environment and Recreation.


        A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

   "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

   (MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 11521a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 11521A.  (1) A PERSON WHO RECEIVES COMPOST MATERIAL FOR

 2    COMPOSTING SHALL NOT ALLOW COMPOST MATERIAL IN PLASTIC BAGS TO BE

 3    PLACED WITH OTHER COMPOST MATERIAL UNLESS THE PLASTIC BAGS ARE

 4    REMOVED.

 5         (2) A PERSON WHO RECEIVES COMPOST MATERIAL FOR COMPOSTING IN

 6    PLASTIC BAGS SHALL IMMEDIATELY, OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER

 7    DELIVERY, REMOVE THE COMPOST MATERIALS FROM THE PLASTIC BAGS.










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