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Existing law requires, except as otherwise provided, a person who violates any provision of the code to be guilty of a misdemeanor with each offense punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 6 months, or by both.
This bill would prohibit a food facility, as specified, where food may be consumed on the premises from providing single-use plastic straws to consumers unless requested by the consumer. By creating a new crime and imposing additional enforcement duties on local health agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1884
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California Bill Proposes up to 6 Months Imprisonment for Unsolicited Plastic Straws
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(Score: 5, Funny) by nitehawk214 on Saturday January 27 2018, @08:30PM (4 children)
So, would you say this article is a... Straw Man attack?
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 2, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday January 27 2018, @09:24PM (1 child)
I'm almost 100% sure that Marty posted this story just so he could post the department.
It's kinda like how the people who formulated RED HORSE [wikipedia.org] really, really wanted it to be called "RED HORSE."
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Sunday January 28 2018, @12:05AM
I always love me a Backronyms. [wikipedia.org]
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 5, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 27 2018, @11:18PM (1 child)
Shhhhhh - I'm working up to that. Every time I order a drink, I get that damned straw. I hate them, but I won't toss them out the window. I let them pile up on the floor on the passenger side of the car. After awhile, I unload them into the shed. The shed is almost full now. Did you know that straws are made of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen? And, in the proper ratios, those things are explosive? Yeah, I'm building the straw bomb for the straw man. They'll make a movie about me, after I'm famous. "The Great Straw Man Attack" I'm taking down all those fast food places that force straws upon you. When I'm finished, fast food managers will quiver in fear when they think of straws.
(Score: 2) by VanessaE on Sunday January 28 2018, @11:47AM
You know, that might actually make a great premise for a movie.... man starts collection of odd plastic items, then for unrelated reasons get fired, jailed (briefly), run out of town, or some other personal calamity. He snaps, vows revenge, and invents/builds some primitive reactor to turn his plastic trinkets and his in-car garbage (consisting of course mostly of plastic straws and reusable plastic cups) into bombs and fuel for same.