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Enrolled HB 25 Relating to disposable food service ware and containers provided by customers; and providing for an effective date. _______________ * Section 1. AS 17.20 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 17.20.035. Disposable food service ware. (a) Except as provided in (d) - (g) of this section, a restaurant may not provide prepared food in polystyrene foam disposable food service ware. (b) The state may not use or purchase polystyrene foam disposable food service ware. (c) The department shall recommend that a restaurant reuse food service ware in place of disposable food service ware. (d) The department may adopt regulations that allow a restaurant to provide prepared food in a clean container provided by a customer of the restaurant. The regulations must establish procedures to prevent cross-contamination. (e) The restriction on use of polystyrene foam disposable food service ware under (a) of this section does not apply to (1) prepared food prepared or packaged outside the state; (2) an area affected by a disaster emergency for the duration of the disaster emergency. (f) A restaurant may apply to the department for an exemption from the requirements of this section. The department may grant an exemption to the restaurant for a particular product or type of disposable food service ware if the restaurant demonstrates to the department that (1) an affordable product is not available to replace a polystyrene foam product; or (2) applying the requirements of this section to the particular product or type of disposable food service ware would cause undue financial and logistical hardship to the restaurant. (g) A municipality may by ordinance allow a restaurant to provide prepared food in polystyrene foam disposable food service ware. This section does not apply to a restaurant in a municipality that has adopted an ordinance allowing a restaurant to provide prepared food in polystyrene foam disposable food service ware. (h) In this section, (1) "disaster emergency" has the meaning given in AS 26.23.900; (2) "disposable food service ware" means a container, bowl, plate, tray, carton, cup, lid, or other item designated for one-time use in which a restaurant or customer places or packages prepared food so that the food may be taken from the restaurant for consumption; (3) "polystyrene foam" means Styrofoam, blown polystyrene, or an expanded foam that is made of thermoplastic petrochemical materials using a styrene monomer and processed by fusion of polymer spheres, injection molding, foam molding, extrusion blow molding, or other techniques; (4) "restaurant" includes a coffee kiosk, a grocery deli, a hospital or school food operation, a caterer, a concession, a food hybrid service business, a place maintained for the sale and on-premises consumption of food, and a street vendor who sells food prepared for immediate consumption. * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to read: TRANSITION: POLYSTYRENE PRODUCTS. (a) Notwithstanding AS 17.20.035, enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, a restaurant may provide prepared food in polystyrene foam disposable food service ware after the effective date of this Act if the restaurant obtained the polystyrene foam disposable food service ware before the effective date of this Act. (b) Notwithstanding AS 17.20.035, enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, the state may use polystyrene foam disposable food service ware after the effective date of this Act if the state purchased the polystyrene foam disposable food service ware before the effective date of this Act. * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2027.
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