State drops bag ban lawsuit against Brownsville

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — After a fight about, what Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called, an illegal sales tax, the state has backed down after Brownsville city officials repealed their ‘environmental fee’ for plastic bag purchases.
The $1 fee on the purchase of single-use bags had been in place since January 2016. A.G. Paxton said the fee was in violation of Texas Tax Code and Health and Safety Code laws and filed a lawsuit against the city in Oct. 2016.
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