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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 123.24, subsection 5, Code 1997, is 1 2 amended by striking the subsection. 1 3 Sec. 2. Section 123.26, Code 1997, is amended to read as 1 4 follows: 1 5 123.26 RESTRICTIONS ON SALES – SEALS – LABELING. 1 6 Alcoholic liquor shall not be sold by a class "E" liquor 1 7 control licensee except in a sealed container with identifying 1 8 markers as prescribed by the administrator and affixed in the 1 9 manner prescribed by the administrator, and no such container 1 10 shall be opened upon the premises of a state warehouse.The1 11division shall cooperate with the department of natural1 12resources so that only one identifying marker or mark is1 13needed to satisfy the requirements of this section and section1 14455C.5, subsection 1.Possession of alcoholic liquors which 1 15 do not carry the prescribed identifying markers is a violation 1 16 of this chapter except as provided in section 123.22. 1 17 Sec. 3. Section 123.187, subsection 2, Code 1997, is 1 18 amended to read as follows: 1 19 2. A winery licensed or permitted pursuant to laws 1 20 regulating alcoholic beverages in a state which affords this 1 21 state an equal reciprocal shipping privilege may ship into 1 22 this state by private common carrier, to a person twenty-one 1 23 years of age or older, not more than eighteen liters of wine 1 24 per month, for consumption or use by the person. Such wine 1 25 shall not be resold. Shipment of wine pursuant to this 1 26 subsection is not subject to sales tax under section 422.43, 1 27 use tax under section 423.2, or the wine gallonage tax under 1 28 section 123.183, and does not require a refund value for1 29beverage container control purposes under chapter 455C. 1 30 Sec. 4. Section 455C.1, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 1 31 amended to read as follows: 1 32 1. "Beverage" meanswine as defined in section 123.3,1 33subsection 37, alcoholic liquor as defined in section 123.3,1 34subsection 5,beer as defined in section 123.3, subsection 7, 1 35 mineral water, soda water, and similar carbonated soft drinks 2 1 in liquid form and intended for human consumption. 2 2 Sec. 5. Section 455C.3, subsection 2, Code 1997, is 2 3 amended to read as follows: 2 4 2. A distributor shall accept and pick up from a dealer 2 5 served by the distributor or a redemption center for a dealer 2 6 served by the distributor at least weekly, or when the 2 7 distributor delivers the beverage product if deliveries are 2 8 less frequent than weekly, any empty beverage container of the 2 9 kind, size, and brand sold by the distributor, and shall pay 2 10 to the dealer or person operating a redemption center the 2 11 refund value of a beverage container and the reimbursement as 2 12 provided under section 455C.2 within one week following pickup 2 13 of the containers or when the dealer or redemption center 2 14 normally pays the distributor for the deposit on beverage 2 15 products purchased from the distributor if less frequent than 2 16 weekly. A distributor or employee or agent of a distributor 2 17 is not in violation of this subsection if a redemption center 2 18 is closed when the distributor attempts to make a regular 2 19 delivery or a regular pickup of empty beverage containers. 2 20This subsection does not apply to a distributor selling2 21alcoholic liquor to the alcoholic beverages division of the2 22department of commerce.2 23 Sec. 6. Section 455C.3, subsection 5, Code 1997, is 2 24 amended by striking the subsection. 2 25 Sec. 7. Section 455C.4, subsections 3 and 4, Code 1997, 2 26 are amended by striking the subsections. 2 27 Sec. 8. Section 455C.5, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2 28 1997, is amended by striking the paragraph. 2 29 Sec. 9. Section 455C.16, Code 1997, is amended to read as 2 30 follows: 2 31 455C.16 BEVERAGE CONTAINERS – DISPOSAL AT SANITARY 2 32 LANDFILL PROHIBITED. 2 33 Beginning July 1, 1990, the final disposal of beverage 2 34 containers by a dealer, distributor, or manufacturer, or 2 35 person operating a redemption center, in a sanitary landfill, 3 1 is prohibited.Beginning September 1, 1992, the final3 2disposal of beverage containers used to contain alcoholic3 3liquor as defined in section 123.3, subsection 8, by a dealer,3 4distributor, or manufacturer, or person operating a redemption3 5center in a sanitary landfill, is prohibited.3 6 Sec. 10. Section 455D.4, Code 1997, is amended by adding 3 7 the following new subsection: 3 8 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. It is the policy of this state to 3 9 encourage unified, comprehensive waste collection and 3 10 recycling programs by encouraging the development of curbside 3 11 recycling programs for collection of household waste. 3 12 Sec. 11. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. The department 3 13 may use landfill alternative financial assistance moneys under 3 14 section 455E.11 to provide incentives with the goal of 3 15 locating an end manufacturer or processor for crushed recycled 3 16 glass in a central location within the state. 3 17 EXPLANATION 3 18 The bill removes wine and alcoholic liquor from the 3 19 definition of beverages so that containers containing these 3 20 beverages are no longer subject to the five cent mandatory 3 21 beverage container deposit. 3 22 The bill allows the department of natural resources to use 3 23 landfill alternative financial assistance moneys to provide 3 24 incentives with the goal of locating an end manufacturer or 3 25 processor for crushed recycled glass in a central Iowa 3 26 location. Landfill alternative financial assistance moneys 3 27 are allocated to the department from the solid waste account 3 28 of the groundwater protection fund under section 455E.11 and 3 29 are used to encourage alternatives to landfilling. 3 30 The bill establishes as a public policy of the state, the 3 31 encouragement of curbside recycling programs. 3 32 The bill also makes conforming amendments to Code sections 3 33 123.24, 123.26, and 123.187. 3 34 LSB 2240SS 77 3 35 tm/cf/24
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