Bag tax in Minnesota

The bag tax is expanding!  In my adopted home state, Representative Karen Clark has introduced a bill to impose a 5 cent tax on paper and plastic bags.  (A bag tax exists in D.C. and other parts of the world.)  Retailers would keep one cent of the tax normally and two cents when customers return plastic bags for a five-cent credit.  So it’s more like bottle taxes that a lot of states have than a flat tax like a sales tax.