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EVERETT WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 3822-21 An Ordinance relating to reusable bags, Repealing Ordinance No. 3643-18. WHEREAS, A. The State Legislature has enacted a new law regulating use of reusable carryout bags in Washington State, codified at Chapter 70A.530 RCW. This law, at RCW 70A.530.050, expressly preempts local ordinances. B. This State Law was originally intended to go into effect in 2020,but that was delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergency orders issued by the Governor have prevented enforcement of local and state carryout bag regulations.The State Law is now expected to go into effect October 1, 2021. C. Since our local ordinance regulating reusable carryout bags is preempted by the new State Law, Ordinance No. 3643-18 should be repealed. NOW,THEREFORE,THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Ordinance No. 3643-18 (codified at Chapter 8.21 EMC): Is hereby repealed. Section 2. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this Ordinance are authorized to make necessary corrections to this Ordinance including, but not limited to,the correction of scrivener's/clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers, and any internal references. Section 3. The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence,clause or phrase of this ordinance be declared invalid for any reason, it is the intent of the City Council that it would have passed all portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination of any such portion as may be declared invalid. Section 4. The enactment of this Ordinance shall not affect any case, proceeding, appeal or other matter currently pending in any court or in any way modify any right or liability, civil or criminal,which may be in existence on the effective date of this Ordinance. Section 5. It is expressly the purpose of this Ordinance to provide for and promote the health,safety and welfare of the general public and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this Ordinance. It is the specific intent of this Ordinance that no provision or any term used in this Ordinance is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City or any of its officers or employees. Nothing