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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 62-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="62-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following words have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Dealer.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="“Person” defined.">In this subsection:<para num="(i)">“person” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(a)"&gt;§ 1-107(a) {“Person: In general”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the City Code’s &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;; but</para>
        <para num="(ii)">notwithstanding § 1-107(b) {“Person: Exclusion”} of that article, “person” also includes a governmental entity or an instrumentality or unit of a governmental entity.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="“Dealer” defined.">
        <para num="(i)" heading="In general.">“Dealer” means any person engaged in the retail sale of goods.</para>
        <para num="(ii)" heading="Inclusions.">“Dealer” includes any:<para num="(A)">supermarket;</para>
          <para num="(B)">convenience store;</para>
          <para num="(C)">restaurant;</para>
          <para num="(D)">shop;</para>
          <para num="(E)">service station; or</para>
          <para num="(F)">other sales outlet.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Plastic checkout bag.">
      <para num="(1)">“Plastic checkout bag” means any plastic bag that is:<para num="(i)">supplied by a dealer at the point of sale, pickup, or delivery to carry purchased items; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">less than 4 mils thick.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">“Plastic checkout bag” does not include a compostable plastic bag that:<para num="(i)">is certified and labeled as meeting the ASTM D6400 standard specification by a recognized verification entity; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">is capable of undergoing biological decomposition in a compost site such that the material breaks down into carbon dioxide, water, inorganic compounds, and biomass at a rate consistent with known compostable materials.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-337</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
