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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- | |
ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETING ACT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives McGaw, Cortvriend, Carson, Speakman, Donovan, | |
Date Introduced: January 12, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 6-13.3 of the General Laws entitled "Environmental Marketing Act" |
2 | is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 6-13.3-1.1. Definitions. |
4 | As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: |
5 | (1) "Compost" shall have the same meaning as defined in § 2-22-3. |
6 | (2) "Consumer product" shall have the same meaning as defined in § 6-57-1. |
7 | (3) "Free fluoride" or "ionic fluoride" means fluoride not bonded to carbon. |
8 | (4) "Organic fluorine" means fluorine bonded directly to carbon. |
9 | (5) "Total organic fluorine" means total fluorine minus free fluoride. |
10 | (6) "Package" shall have the same meaning as defined in § 23-18.13-3. |
11 | (7) "Packaging component" shall have the same meaning as defined in § 23 18.13-3. |
12 | (8) "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl" or "PFAS" shall have the same meaning as |
13 | defined in § 23-18.13-3. |
14 | SECTION 2. Section 6-13.3-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 6-13.3 entitled |
15 | "Environmental Marketing Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
16 | 6-13.3-2. Deceptive environmental marketing claims Deceptive environmental |
17 | marketing claims or sales. |
18 | (a) It is unlawful for any person, in the course of that person’s business, vocation or |
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1 | occupation, to make any untruthful, deceptive, or misleading environmental marketing claims |
2 | about a product or package sold or offered for sale in this state. For the purposes of this chapter, |
3 | “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity. |
4 | (b) A person shall not advertise, market, sell, offer for sale, or distribute in this state a |
5 | consumer product that is labeled with the term "compostable" if the product has a total organic |
6 | fluorine concentration of greater than one hundred parts per million (100 ppm), or any product in |
7 | violation of the provisions of chapter 18.13 of title 23. |
8 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- | |
ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETING ACT | |
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1 | This act would prohibit the marketing or sale of consumer products labeled as |
2 | "compostable" if the product has a total organic fluorine concentration of greater than one hundred |
3 | parts per million (100 ppm) or if the product is in violation of the provisions of chapter 18.13 of |
4 | title 23 (Toxic Packaging Reduction Act). |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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