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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5161 Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Sam Yingling SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that no State agency shall use or purchase for use styrofoam-based products for use in providing food services. Provides that non-styrofoam-based alternatives may be
purchased for the purposes of providing food services as a
replacement for the prohibited styrofoam-based products. Provides that any surplus supplies remaining as a result of the requirement may be transferred or donated for use by other food service entities. Defines "State agency".
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| | HB5161 | | LRB102 25913 RJF 35273 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning finance.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 25-90 as follows:
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| 6 | | (30 ILCS 500/25-90 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 25-90. Styrofoam-based product ban. Notwithstanding |
| 8 | | any provision of law to the contrary, no State agency shall use |
| 9 | | or purchase for use styrofoam-based products for use in |
| 10 | | providing food services. Non-styrofoam-based alternatives may |
| 11 | | be
purchased for the purposes of providing food services as a
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| 12 | | replacement for the prohibited styrofoam-based products. Any |
| 13 | | surplus supplies remaining as a result of the requirements of |
| 14 | | this Section may be transferred or donated for use by other |
| 15 | | food service entities. |
| 16 | | For the purposes of this Section, "State agency" has the |
| 17 | | meaning provided under Section 1-7 of the Illinois State |
| 18 | | Auditing Act.
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