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Austin‘s plastic bag ban could be in jeopardy

Published on December 16, 2016 under CommunityImpact

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is requesting that the state’s highest court review the legality of plastic bag bans throughout the state, which could put an end to Austin’s three-year-old prohibition on single-use bags. Paxton filed a court brief Wednesday to ask that the Texas Supreme Court review the city of Laredo’s ban on non-reusable bags provided at the checkout counter of supermarkets, convenience stores and other retail stores. “The legislature did not mince words when it removed the authority of Texas cities to restrict or prohibit plastic checkout bags,” Paxton said. “That Laredo and Austin, among others, would persist in their […]

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Source: Community Impact- Cedar Park

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