Chapter 8.11
MANAGEMENT OF PLASTIC PRODUCTS

Sections:

8.11.010    Adoption of the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act – Fee remittance.

8.11.010 Adoption of the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act – Fee remittance.

(a)    The City adopts the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, §§ 25-17-501 through 25-17-509, C.R.S., together with the definitions provided therein as any or all of the same may be amended from time to time, and as specifically amended by this chapter.

(b)    For the period beginning on the date that the ordinance codified in this chapter becomes effective until December 31, 2023, stores shall remit to the City from the total amount of carryout bag fees collected in the previous quarter as otherwise provided in § 25-17-505, C.R.S. This subsection (b) shall expire January 1, 2024, when the bag fee remittance provisions provided in § 25-17-505, C.R.S., take effect.

(c)    The bag fee, remittance, and other provisions of the Act as applicable to small stores and other retailers and vendors as defined in the Act shall be effective as otherwise provided in the Act and as required by this chapter.

(d)    A violation of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in GJMC 1.04.090.

(Ord. 5122, 1-18-23)