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House File 274

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455C.1, subsections 1 and 9, Code 1997,
  1  2 are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  "Beverage" means wine as defined in section 123.3,
  1  4 subsection 37, alcoholic liquor as defined in section 123.3,
  1  5 subsection 5, beer as defined in section 123.3, subsection 7,
  1  6 low or nonalcoholic beers and wines, wine coolers, mineral
  1  7 water, soda water and similar carbonated soft drinks in liquid
  1  8 form or noncarbonated soft drinks, waters, and juices packaged
  1  9 in volumes of eight ounces or more but less than thirty-two
  1 10 ounces and intended for human consumption.
  1 11    9.  "Distributor" means any person who engages in the sale
  1 12 or distribution of beverages in beverage containers to a
  1 13 dealer in this state, including any manufacturer who engages
  1 14 in such sales or distribution.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  Section 455C.3, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
  1 16 amended to read as follows:
  1 17    2.  A distributor shall accept and pick up from a dealer
  1 18 served by the distributor or from a redemption center for a
  1 19 dealer served by the distributor at least weekly, or when the
  1 20 distributor delivers the beverage product if deliveries are
  1 21 less frequent than weekly, any empty beverage container of the
  1 22 kind, size and brand sold or distributed by the distributor,
  1 23 and shall pay to the dealer or person operating a redemption
  1 24 center the refund value of a beverage container and the
  1 25 reimbursement as provided under section 455C.2 within one week
  1 26 following pickup of the containers or when the dealer or
  1 27 redemption center normally pays the distributor for the
  1 28 deposit on beverage products purchased from the distributor if
  1 29 less frequent than weekly.  A distributor or employee or agent
  1 30 of a distributor is not in violation of this subsection if a
  1 31 redemption center is closed when the distributor attempts to
  1 32 make a regular delivery or a regular pickup of empty beverage
  1 33 containers.  This subsection does not apply to a distributor
  1 34 selling alcoholic liquor to the alcoholic beverages division
  1 35 of the department of commerce.
  2  1    Sec. 3.  Section 455C.14, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  2  2 follows:
  2  3    455C.14  REDEMPTION OF REFUSED NONREFILLABLE METAL BEVERAGE
  2  4 CONTAINERS.
  2  5    1.  If the refund value indication required under section
  2  6 455C.5 on an empty nonrefillable metal beverage container is
  2  7 readable but the redemption of the container is lawfully
  2  8 refused by a dealer or person operating a redemption center
  2  9 under other sections of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant
  2 10 to these sections, the container shall be accepted and the
  2 11 refund value paid to a consumer as provided in this section.
  2 12 Each beer distributor selling nonrefillable metal beverage
  2 13 containers in this state shall provide individually or
  2 14 collectively by contract or agreement with a dealer, person
  2 15 operating a redemption center or another person, at least one
  2 16 facility in the county seat of each county where refused empty
  2 17 nonrefillable metal beverage containers having a readable
  2 18 refund value indication as required by this chapter are
  2 19 accepted and redeemed.  In cities having a population of
  2 20 twenty-five thousand or more, the number of the facilities
  2 21 provided shall be one for each twenty-five thousand population
  2 22 or a fractional part of that population.
  2 23    2.  A beer distributor violating this section is guilty of
  2 24 a simple misdemeanor.  
  2 25                           EXPLANATION
  2 26    This bill expands the provisions of the beverage containers
  2 27 control chapter to include nonalcoholic beers and wines, wine
  2 28 coolers, and noncarbonated juices, soft drinks, and waters.
  2 29    The bill also includes a person who distributes beverages
  2 30 in beverage containers in the definition of a distributor.
  2 31 This change means that a person will be considered a
  2 32 distributor for purposes of paying the one cent handling fee
  2 33 not only when the person sells beverages, but also when the
  2 34 person distributes beverages.  This would include persons who
  2 35 distribute in-store brands of beverages.
  3  1    The bill also requires that all beverage distributors, not
  3  2 only those who distribute beer in metal containers, provide
  3  3 for the collection of flattened containers.  
  3  4 LSB 1798HH 77
  3  5 tm/cf/24
     

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