New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday morning he vetoed a bill which would have placed a five-cent fee on single-use plastic and paper bags handed out by retailers statewide.

"Try again.

That's the message that Gov. Phil Murphy is sending to state lawmakers after vetoing a proposed fee on plastic and paper single-use shopping bags in New Jersey.

Murphy announced Monday morning he vetoed bill, which would have placed a five-cent fee on single-use plastic and paper bags handed out by retailers statewide.

The money collected by the fee would have been placed in a new fund administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to help pay for lead abatement projects."

Michael Sol Warren reports for the Newark Star-Ledger August 27, 2019. [2]