Senate File 88 - Introduced



                                    SENATE FILE       
                                    BY  ZIEMAN, JOHNSON, McKINLEY,
                                        LUNDBY, HAHN, KETTERING,
                                        and ANGELO


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the return of refund values to consumers for
  2    empty beverage containers.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2162SS 82
  5 tm/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455C.2, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  A refund value of not less than five cents shall be
  1  4 paid by the consumer on each beverage container sold in this
  1  5 state by a dealer for consumption off the premises.  Upon
  1  6 return of the empty beverage container upon which a refund
  1  7 value has been paid to the dealer or person operating a
  1  8 redemption center and acceptance of the empty beverage
  1  9 container by the dealer or person operating a redemption
  1 10 center, the dealer or person operating a redemption center
  1 11 shall return the amount of the refund value to the consumer
  1 12 and the person operating a redemption center shall pay a
  1 13 refund value to the consumer of not less than four cents as
  1 14 determined by the person operating a redemption center.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  Section 455C.5, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1 16 amended to read as follows:
  1 17    1.  Each beverage container sold or offered for sale in
  1 18 this state by a dealer shall clearly indicate by embossing or
  1 19 by a stamp, label or other method securely affixed to the
  1 20 container, the refund value of the container that must be paid
  1 21 by the consumer.  The department shall specify, by rule, the
  1 22 minimum size of the refund value indication on the beverage
  1 23 containers.
  1 24    Sec. 3.  Section 455C.6, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1 25 amended to read as follows:
  1 26    1.  To facilitate the return of empty beverage containers
  1 27 and to serve dealers of beverages, any person may establish a
  1 28 redemption center, subject to the approval of the department,
  1 29 at which consumers may return empty beverage containers and
  1 30 receive payment of the refund value of such beverage
  1 31 containers in an amount determined pursuant to section 455C.2,
  1 32 subsection 1, by the person operating the redemption center.
  1 33    Sec. 4.  Section 455C.7, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  1 34 follows:
  1 35    455C.7  UNAPPROVED REDEMPTION CENTERS.
  2  1    Any person may establish a redemption center which has not
  2  2 been approved by the department, at which a consumer may
  2  3 return empty beverage containers and receive payment of the
  2  4 refund value of the beverage containers in an amount
  2  5 determined pursuant to section 455C.2, subsection 1, by the
  2  6 person operating the redemption center.  The establishment of
  2  7 an unapproved redemption center shall not relieve any dealer
  2  8 from the responsibility of redeeming any empty beverage
  2  9 containers of the kind and brand sold by the dealer.
  2 10                           EXPLANATION
  2 11    This bill relates to the return of refund values to
  2 12 consumers for empty beverage containers.
  2 13    The bill allows a person operating a redemption center to
  2 14 determine the amount of refund value of not less than 4 cents
  2 15 that may be paid to a consumer upon the return of an empty
  2 16 beverage container.  The bill provides that beverage
  2 17 containers sold or offered for sale in this state must clearly
  2 18 indicate the refund value of the container that must be paid
  2 19 by the consumer.
  2 20 LSB 2162SS 82
  2 21 tm:nh/es/88