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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 5-905 Plastic  bags.">
  <section prefix="§" num="5-905" heading="Plastic  bags.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="“Plastic bag” defined.">“Plastic bag” means any bag that is:<para num="(1)">intended for household use or for packaging garments or other articles intended for household use;</para>
      <para num="(2)">larger than 6 inches in diameter at the open end; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">made of film less than 1 mil (0.001 inch) thick.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Printed warning required.">No person may package, deliver, or sell in a plastic bag any article for use in or around the household or sell or distribute any plastic bag for use in or around the household unless the bag bears a warning as required by this section.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Text of warning.">The warning must warn the consumer against the hazard of suffocation by children in the following or substantially equivalent wording:</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Placement and size.">
      <para num="(1)">The warning must be printed on, attached to, or accompany each plastic bag or each package of plastic bags delivered to the consumer.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The warning must be prominently and conspicuously displayed in bold face type, in accordance with the following table:

              &lt;table&gt;
                &lt;thead&gt;
                  &lt;tr&gt;
                    &lt;th&gt;Combined length and width of bag&lt;/th&gt;
                    &lt;th&gt;Minimum Size of Lettering&lt;/th&gt;
                  &lt;/tr&gt;
                &lt;/thead&gt;
                &lt;tbody&gt;
                  &lt;tr&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;Less than 30 inches&lt;/td&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;10 points&lt;/td&gt;
                  &lt;/tr&gt;
                  &lt;tr&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;30 inches or more, but less than 40 inches&lt;/td&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;14 points&lt;/td&gt;
                  &lt;/tr&gt;
                  &lt;tr&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;40 inches or more, but less than 60 inches&lt;/td&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;18 points&lt;/td&gt;
                  &lt;/tr&gt;
                  &lt;tr&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;60 inches or more&lt;/td&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;24 points&lt;/td&gt;
                  &lt;/tr&gt;
                &lt;/tbody&gt;
              &lt;/table&gt;
            </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §118</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
