An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures

1 of 2 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 78 FILED ON: 1/7/2021 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3345 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Joseph D. McKenna and Nicholas A. Boldyga _________________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED: Joseph D. McKenna 18th Worcester 1/7/2021 Nicholas A. Boldyga 3rd Hampden 1/7/2021 Brian M. Ashe 2nd Hampden 1/13/2021 Colleen M. Garry 36th Middlesex 1/22/2021 Christopher Hendricks 11th Bristol 1/25/2021 Lindsay N. Sabadosa 1st Hampshire 1/25/2021 Carol A. Doherty 3rd Bristol 1/27/2021 Danillo A. Sena 37th Middlesex 1/28/2021 Ruth B. Balser 12th Middlesex 1/29/2021 Mary S. Keefe 15th Worcester 2/1/2021 Tommy Vitolo 15th Norfolk 2/1/2021 Shawn Dooley 9th Norfolk 2/1/2021 David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf 17th Worcester 2/8/2021 Brian W. Murray 10th Worcester 2/8/2021 Angelo L. D'Emilia 8th Plymouth 2/9/2021 Jessica Ann Giannino 16th Suffolk 2/10/2021 Carole A. Fiola 6th Bristol 2/16/2021 Paul F. Tucker 7th Essex 2/16/2021 2 of 2 Bud L. Williams 11th Hampden 2/17/2021 David T. Vieira 3rd Barnstable 2/17/2021 Michael P. Kushmerek 3rd Worcester 2/22/2021 Michael J. Soter 8th Worcester 2/23/2021 Alyson M. Sullivan 7th Plymouth 2/24/2021 Michael J. Barrett Third Middlesex 2/25/2021 Steven S. Howitt 4th Bristol 2/25/2021 David Allen Robertson 19th Middlesex 2/25/2021 Jerald A. Parisella 6th Essex 3/3/2021 Thomas M. Stanley 9th Middlesex 3/7/2021 Hannah Kane 11th Worcester 3/15/2021 Susannah M. Whipps 2nd Franklin 3/30/2021 Jonathan D. Zlotnik 2nd Worcester 3/30/2021 Sal N. DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk 4/21/2021 Vanna Howard 17th Middlesex 1/24/2022 1 of 2 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 78 FILED ON: 1/7/2021 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3345 By Messrs. McKenna of Webster and Boldyga of Southwick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3345) of Joseph D. McKenna, Nicholas A. Boldyga and others for legislation to further define miniature beverage containers under the "bottle bill", so-called. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION SEE HOUSE, NO. 2881 OF 2019-2020.] The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court (2021-2022) _______________ An Act promoting the proper disposal of miniatures. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Section 321 of chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 2 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definitions of “Beverage” and “Beverage 3 container” and inserting in place thereof the following 2 definitions:- 4 “Beverage”, soda water or similar carbonated soft drinks, mineral water, alcoholic 5 beverages sold in a miniature and beer and other malt beverages, but shall not include alcoholic 6 beverages other than beer and malt beverages as defined in chapter 138 and alcoholic beverages 7 sold in a miniature, dairy products, natural fruit juices or wine. 8 “Beverage container”, any sealable bottle, can, jar, or carton which is primarily composed 9 of glass, metal, plastic or any combination of those materials and is produced for the purpose of 2 of 2 10 containing a beverage, including a miniature. This definition shall not include containers made of 11 biodegradable material. 12 SECTION 2. Said section 321 of said chapter 94 is hereby further amended by inserting 13 after the definition of “Label” the following definition:- 14 “Miniature”, any sealable bottle, can, jar, or carton which is primarily composed of glass, 15 metal, plastic, or any combination of those materials that has a capacity of not more than 100 16 milliliters and is produced for the purpose of containing an alcoholic beverage.