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Subcommittee leans toward paint stewardship plan without explicit manufacturer fee; antitrust exemption included
Summary
Lawmakers accepted a draft that removes explicit fee language from a paint stewardship bill, substitutes a requirement for a producer plan reviewed by DES, and includes an antitrust exemption for organizers while preserving environmental liability. Subcommittee members gave straw approval to the amendment.
A Commerce and Consumer Affairs subcommittee heard testimony and moved forward with a paint stewardship proposal that strips explicit fee language and instead requires manufacturers or arranger organizations to submit a plan to the Department of Environmental Services (DES) for review.
Representatives discussed the “infamous fee” during the hearing; the sponsor said the amendment removes statutory language that set a fee amount or placed the assessment on invoices, replacing it with a requirement that a stewardship plan be presented to DES for oversight. The sponsor summarized the change as: “it takes out all statements about the fee. It just simply says there’s a plan will be involved. … They do need to…
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