{
 "answer": "The Town of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Règlement relatif à l'interdiction de certains sacs de plastique à usage unique no 1854 (codification administrative), verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-002653",
 "municipality": "Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Quebec",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.sjsr.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Règlement relatif à l'interdiction de certains sacs de plastique à usage unique no 1854 (codification administrative)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://sjsr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/reglement-1854.pdf",
   "summary": "City bylaw banning distribution of certain single-use plastic bags by merchants within city limits. Note: day-to-day curbside garbage/recycling COLLECTION service itself is delegated to the regional MRC du Haut-Richelieu (a separate, higher-tier entity) per the city's own bylaw index -- that MRC document is not recorded here as this city's bylaw.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "18089d443d335fcb02ff1b19455227a16c42bd0d0eeea21f49edfb3923ab2f0b",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "adopted_date": "2019-12-17",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/18089d443d335fcb02ff1b19455227a16c42bd0d0eeea21f49edfb3923ab2f0b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/qc/saint-jean-sur-richelieu/garbage-recycling/text-18089d443d33/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/qc/saint-jean-sur-richelieu/garbage-recycling/"
}