§ 42271

(a) A full-service restaurant shall not provide a single-use plastic straw to a consumer unless requested by the consumer.

(b) This section shall be enforced by an enforcement officer. The first and second violations of subdivision (a) shall result in a notice of violation, and any subsequent violation shall constitute an infraction punishable by a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each day the full-service restaurant is in violation, but not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) annually.

(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent a city, county, city and county, or other local public agency from adopting and implementing an ordinance or rule that would further restrict a full-service restaurant from providing a single-use plastic straw to a consumer.

(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 576, Sec. 1. (AB 1884) Effective January 1, 2019.)