RCW 70A.530.050
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(1)Except as provided in subsection
(2)of this section, a city, town, county, or municipal corporation may not implement a local carryout bag ordinance. Except as provided in subsection
(2)of this section, any carryout bag ordinance that was enacted as of April 1, 2020, is preempted by this chapter.
(2)(a) A city, town, county, or municipal corporation carryout bag ordinance enacted as of April 1, 2020, that has established a pass-through charge of ten cents is not preempted with respect to the amount of the pass-through charge until January 1, 2026.
(b)A city, town, county, or municipal corporation ordinance not specified in
(a)of this subsection and enacted as of April 1 2020, is not preempted until January 1, 2021.
[ 2020 c 138 s 6 .]
Notes:
Application of RCW 82.32.805 and 82.32.808 — 2020 c 138: See note following RCW 70A.530.005 .