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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="19-308" title_number="19" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Regulation" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Returnable Containers and Returnable Textiles">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “plastic secondary packaging” means a plastic crate or shell used for the bulk transportation, storage, or carrying of retail items.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Plastic secondary packaging” includes milk crates, bakery and soft drink trays, and other commercial plastic secondary packaging.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Other than a manufacturer of plastic secondary packaging, a person may not purchase four or more items of plastic secondary packaging for the purpose of recycling, shredding, or destroying the items.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each person that purchases an item of plastic secondary packaging, including a person that is in the business of recycling, shredding, or destroying plastic secondary packaging, shall make a written record of each transaction in which a person sells four or more items of plastic secondary packaging, that shows that the person selling the plastic secondary packaging has lawful possession or ownership of the plastic secondary packaging.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For each transaction subject to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the purchaser shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>verify the seller’s identity by a driver’s license or other government–issued identification; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>make a record of each transaction that includes:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the name, address, telephone number, and signature of the seller or the seller’s authorized representative;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the name and address of the purchaser;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the registration number and license tag number of any vehicle used in the delivery of the plastic secondary packaging;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>a description of the items sold, including the number of units; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>the date of the transaction.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The purchaser shall keep the records required by this section for at least 1 year after the date of purchase.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for each first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for each subsequent violation, imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
