Minn. Stat. § 471.9998

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 8, August 19, 2024
Section 471.9998 - MERCHANT BAGS
Subdivision 1.Merchant option.

All merchants, itinerant vendors, and peddlers doing business in this state shall have the option to provide customers a paper, plastic, or reusable bag for the packaging of any item or good purchased, provided such purchase is of a size and manner commensurate with the use of paper, plastic, or reusable bags.

Subd. 2.Prohibition; bag ban.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no political subdivision shall impose any ban upon the use of paper, plastic, or reusable bags for packaging of any item or good purchased from a merchant, itinerant vendor, or peddler.

Minn. Stat. § 471.9998

Added by 2017 Minn. Laws, ch. 94,s 8-14, eff. 5/31/2017.