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House File 2140

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455C.1, subsection 1, Code 1999, is
  1  2 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 mineral water, soda water and similar carbonated soft drinks,
  1  7 wine cooler or drink, tea, potable water, fruit or vegetable
  1  8 juice, fruit or vegetable drinks, and other noncarbonated
  1  9 drinks excluding milk in liquid form and intended for human
  1 10 consumption.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  Section 455C.2, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  1 12 follows:
  1 13    455C.2  REFUND VALUES.
  1 14    1.  A refund value of not less than five ten cents shall be
  1 15 paid by the consumer on each beverage container sold in this
  1 16 state by a dealer for consumption off the premises.  Upon
  1 17 return of the empty beverage container upon which a refund
  1 18 value has been paid to the dealer or person operating a
  1 19 redemption center and acceptance of the empty beverage
  1 20 container by the dealer or person operating a redemption
  1 21 center, the dealer or person operating a redemption center
  1 22 shall return the amount of the refund value to the consumer.
  1 23    2.  In addition to the refund value provided in subsection
  1 24 1 of this section, a dealer, or person operating a redemption
  1 25 center who redeems empty beverage containers or a dealer agent
  1 26 shall be reimbursed by the distributor required to accept the
  1 27 empty beverage containers an amount which is one cent two
  1 28 cents per container.  A dealer, dealer agent, or person
  1 29 operating a redemption center may compact empty metal beverage
  1 30 containers with the approval of the distributor required to
  1 31 accept the containers.
  1 32    Sec. 3.  Section 455C.5, subsection 3, Code 1999, is
  1 33 amended to read as follows:
  1 34    3.  The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section
  1 35 do not apply to a refillable glass beverage container which
  2  1 has a brand name permanently marked on it and which has a
  2  2 refund value of not less than five ten cents, to any other
  2  3 refillable beverage container which has a refund value of not
  2  4 less than five ten cents and which is exempted by the director
  2  5 under rules adopted by the commission, or to a beverage
  2  6 container sold aboard a commercial airliner or passenger train
  2  7 for consumption on the premises.  
  2  8                           EXPLANATION
  2  9    This bill expands the list of beverage containers which are
  2 10 included under the beverage container control laws in Code
  2 11 chapter 455C.  The new beverage containers include wine
  2 12 coolers or drinks, tea, potable water, fruit or vegetable
  2 13 juices, fruit or vegetable drinks, and other noncarbonated
  2 14 drinks excluding milk.
  2 15    The bill increases the refund value of beverage containers
  2 16 from not less than $.05 per container to not less than $.10
  2 17 per container.  The bill also increases the reimbursement
  2 18 amount received by a dealer or person operating a redemption
  2 19 center who redeems empty beverage containers from $.01 per
  2 20 container to $.02 per container.  
  2 21 LSB 6270HH 78
  2 22 tm/cls/14
     

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