Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett is planning on officially proposing a five-cent bag tax next week, the Montgomery County Gazette reports.

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Much like the fee that shoppers in the District of Columbia pay for plastic and paper bags, Leggett says the initiative is geared toward encouraging people to bring and use reusable bags.

Leggett says he would expect the proposed tax to bring in about $1 million in the first year.

The Washington Examiner says that an Americans for Tax Reform study found that the D.C. bag tax was ineffective.

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