The House Commerce Committee approved a bill banning plastic bags among large retailers on the Outer Banks.
Lawmakers adjusted the bill at the request of the N.C. Retail Merchants Association, who no longer oppose it. The bill already allowed retailers to switch to paper bags made from recycled material if they also offered a refund equal to the cost of paper bags to customers who use their own reusable bags. The bill's goal is to get stores and customers to switch to reusable bags, such as the cloth totes sold in grocery stores.
The new version of the bill allows retailers to offer coupons or loyalty card reward points instead of a cash refund.
The bill, strongly backed by Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight, now goes to the House floor.
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Re: Plastic bags closer to checkout
Basnight must have bought a factory that makes paper bags. He has some kind of personal gain in this, and its not a litter issue. He is a crook plain and simple. To find the solution the current budget mess you have to look no further than basnight and the rest of his sticky fingered buddies in raleigh.