A.G. Intervenes. Alleges Illegal Sales Tax on Bag Fee.

Local issue du jour: plastic bag ban environmental fee in Brownsville

The intervention by the Attorney General: Attorney General sued Brownsville alleging the environmental fee imposed on plastic bags amounts to a sales tax

What’s the thought process?

• The city says it has the ability to do what it needs to keep the city clean
• The Attorney General says that managing waste has to be managed by taxes already collected not from assessing taxes or fees at the cash register.  

Brownsville Herald | Texas AG Paxton calls bag fee ‘an illegal sales tax’