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| 1 | AN ACT concerning business.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Plastic Bulk Merchandise Container Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
| 7 | "Plastic bulk merchandise container" means a plastic crate | ||||||
| 8 | or shell used by a product producer, distributor, or retailer | ||||||
| 9 | for the bulk transportation or storage of retail containers of | ||||||
| 10 | milk, eggs, or bottled beverage products.
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| 11 | "Proof of ownership" includes a bill of sale or other | ||||||
| 12 | evidence showing that an item has been sold to the person | ||||||
| 13 | possessing the item.
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| 14 | Section 10. Requirements applicable to the sale of plastic | ||||||
| 15 | bulk merchandise containers. | ||||||
| 16 | (a) A person who is in the business of recycling, | ||||||
| 17 | shredding, or destroying plastic bulk merchandise containers, | ||||||
| 18 | before purchasing 5 or more plastic bulk merchandise containers | ||||||
| 19 | from the same person, shall: | ||||||
| 20 | (1) obtain from that person: | ||||||
| 21 | (A) proof of ownership for the containers; and
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| 22 | (B) a record that contains:
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| 1 | (i) the name, address, and telephone number of | ||||||
| 2 | the person or the person's authorized | ||||||
| 3 | representative;
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| 4 | (ii) the name and address of the buyer of the | ||||||
| 5 | containers or any consignee of the containers;
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| 6 | (iii) a description of the containers, | ||||||
| 7 | including the number of the containers to be sold; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | (iv) the date of the transaction; and
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| 10 | (2) verify the identity of the individual selling the | ||||||
| 11 | containers or representing the seller from a driver's | ||||||
| 12 | license or other government-issued identification card | ||||||
| 13 | that includes the individual's photograph, and record the | ||||||
| 14 | verification. | ||||||
| 15 | (b) A person who is in the business of recycling, | ||||||
| 16 | shredding, or destroying plastic bulk merchandise containers: | ||||||
| 17 | (1) shall not pay for the purchase of any plastic bulk | ||||||
| 18 | merchandise container with cash; and
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| 19 | (2) shall, for each transaction in which the person | ||||||
| 20 | purchases one or more plastic bulk merchandise containers, | ||||||
| 21 | record the method of payment used to purchase the | ||||||
| 22 | containers.
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| 23 | Section 15. Records. A person shall retain a record | ||||||
| 24 | obtained or made under this Act until the first anniversary of | ||||||
| 25 | the later of the date the containers are purchased or | ||||||
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| 1 | delivered. | ||||||
| 2 | Section 20. Penalty; enforcement. | ||||||
| 3 | (a) A person who violates this Act shall be guilty of a | ||||||
| 4 | petty offense and shall be fined an amount not exceeding $500 | ||||||
| 5 | for each violation. | ||||||
| 6 | (b) The Attorney General may: | ||||||
| 7 | (1) inspect a record retained by a person under this | ||||||
| 8 | Act; and | ||||||
| 9 | (2) investigate an alleged violation of this Act.
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