R 406
2024 -- H 8354
Enacted 06/26/2024

J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N
EXTENDING THE REPORTING AND EXPIRATION DATES AND AMENDING THE PURPOSE AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FROM PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE

Introduced By: Representatives McEntee, Blazejewski, Spears, Knight, Cortvriend, Handy, Fogarty, Carson, Cotter, and Speakman

Date Introduced: June 11, 2024

     RESOLVED, That the special joint legislative commission created by resolution No. 443
passed by the House of Representatives at its January session, A.D. 2023, and approved June 14,
2023, entitled “Joint Resolution Creating a Special Joint Legislative Commission to Study and
Provide Recommendations to Protect Our Environment and Natural Resources from Plastic
Bottle Waste”, and passed by the Senate at its January session, A.D. 2023, and approved June 14,
2023, entitled “Joint Resolution Creating a Special Joint Legislative Commission to Study and
Provide Recommendations to Protect Our Environment and Natural Resources from Plastic
Bottle Waste” is hereby authorized to continue its study and make a report to the General
Assembly on or before April 25, 2025, and said commission shall expire on April 30, 2025; and,
be it further
     RESOLVED, That the purpose of said commission is hereby amended to include glass,
aluminum, and nips in the product list that the state needs to identify pathways to improve its
ability to address and recycle; and be it further
     RESOLVED, That said commission is hereby amended by increasing the membership to
twenty (20), one of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House, and one of whom shall
be appointed by the President of the Senate; and be it further
     RESOLVED, That the time for reporting authorized by resolution No. 443, passed by the
House of Representatives at its January session, A.D. 2023, and approved June 14, 2023, and
passed by the Senate at its January session, A.D. 2023, and approved June 14, 2023, be and the
same is hereby rescinded.
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