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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PLASTIC BOTTLE AND CONTAINER

LABELING ACT

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Bennett, McEntee, Fogarty, Ruggiero, Cortvriend,
Carson, Ackerman, Abney, and Edwards

     Date Introduced: January 12, 2022

     Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 23-18.15 of the General Laws entitled "Plastic Bottle and Container

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Labeling Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     23-18.15-5. Prohibition on the sale of miniature alcoholic beverage containers.

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     (a) As used in this section, the term “miniature alcoholic beverage container" (“container”)

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means any sealable bottle, can, jar, or carton, which is primarily composed of glass, metal, plastic,

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rigid plastic, or any combination of those materials that has a capacity of not more than one hundred

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milliliters (100 ml) and is produced for the purpose of containing an alcoholic beverage as

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described in chapter 1 of title 3, which containers are sometimes colloquially referred to as "nips."

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     (b) No person shall purchase, obtain, sell, or otherwise distribute any miniature alcoholic

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beverage container in the state. This prohibition shall not apply to the sale or distribution of

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miniature alcoholic beverage containers to passengers on commercial railroad trains or commercial

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aircraft while operating within Rhode Island, provided that any containers so distributed shall be

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collected prior to passengers disembarking off the train or aircraft, regardless of whether the

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contents of the container are consumed or not.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PLASTIC BOTTLE AND CONTAINER

LABELING ACT

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     This act would prohibit the sale of miniature alcoholic beverage containers in Rhode Island.

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This act would exempt the sale or distribution of miniature alcoholic beverage containers to

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passengers on commercial railroad trains or aircraft, as long as the containers are collected prior to

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passengers disembarking off the train or aircraft.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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