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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 32-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="32-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Dealer.">“Dealer” has the meaning stated in City Code &lt;cite data-path="|7|§62-1|(b)"&gt;Article 7, § 62-1(b) {“Definitions: Dealer”}&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Director.">“Director” means the Director of the Department of Finance or the Director’s designee.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Checkout bag.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Checkout bag” means any paper or plastic bag supplied by a dealer to a customer at the point of sale, pickup, or delivery to carry purchased items.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Checkout bag” includes a compostable plastic bag that meets the standards described in City Code &lt;cite data-path="|7|§62-1|(c)|(2)"&gt;Article 7, § 62-1(c)(2) {“Definitions: Plastic checkout bag”}&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Exclusions.">“Checkout bag” does not include:<para num="(i)">a bag solely used to contain:<para num="(A)">fresh fish and fresh fish products;</para>
          <para num="(B)">fresh meat and fresh meat products;</para>
          <para num="(C)">fresh poultry and fresh poultry products;</para>
          <para num="(D)">otherwise unpackaged fruits, nuts, or vegetables;</para>
          <para num="(E)">otherwise unpackaged confectionery;</para>
          <para num="(F)">otherwise unpackaged fresh cheese;</para>
          <para num="(G)">otherwise unpackaged baked goods;</para>
          <para num="(H)">ice;</para>
          <para num="(I)">food and goods obtained at a farmers’ market;</para>
          <para num="(J)">prescription drugs obtained from a pharmacy;</para>
          <para num="(K)">newspapers; or</para>
          <para num="(L)">dry-cleaned goods; or</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">a “plastic checkout bag” described in City Code, &lt;cite data-path="|7|§62-1|(c)|(1)"&gt;Article 7, § 62-1(c)(1) {“Definitions: Plastic checkout bag”}&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-337</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
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</baltimore-city-law>
