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Senate adopts paint stewardship user-fee program after heated debate over whether the measure is a tax
Summary
After a contentious floor debate over whether the measure imposes a tax and whether immunity language is too broad, the Senate adopted the committee recommendation that House Bill 451 ought to pass; the program creates a manufacturer-funded nonprofit (PaintCare) and a retail user fee for post-consumer paint recycling.
The Senate adopted the Ways & Means committee recommendation that House Bill 451, establishing a paint product stewardship program, "ought to pass" and ordered the bill to third reading by roll-call vote (13–11).
Senator Lang described the measure as a bipartisan, industry-supported stewardship program that creates a nonprofit—PaintCare—to collect and recycle leftover paint at participating retailers at no additional municipal…
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