A. Stores may provide recyclable paper bags to customers upon request but shall charge the customer a cost for each bag which shall not be less than ten cents ($0.10) per bag.
B. Stores shall provide customers participating in the California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children, the CalFresh program, or other government subsidized purchase programs for low-income residents with reusable bags or recyclable paper bags at no cost.
C. Stores shall have reusable bags available for purchase by customers.
D. Stores defined in section 8.36.020.D.1 and 2, may provide reusable bags to all customers at no cost from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015, when the provision of such bags is combined with a limited time store promotional program to promote the use of reusable bags. Each such limited time event shall not exceed 30 consecutive days and the total number of days for all such events held by any store shall not exceed 90 days. Stores defined in section 8.36.020.D.3 may provide reusable bags to all customers at no cost from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016, when the provision of such bags is combined with a limited time store promotional program to promote the use of reusable bags. Each such limited time event shall not exceed 30 consecutive days and the total number of days for all such events held by any store shall not exceed 90.
E. The sale of any recyclable paper bag or reusable bag to a customer shall be separately itemized on the sales receipt.
(Ord. 2448)