567—107.9(455C) Pickup and acceptance of redeemed containers by distributor.
	107.9(1) Pickup and acceptance from participating dealers. A distributor shall accept and pick up from a participating dealer served by the distributor empty beverage containers that bear an Iowa refund value and are of the kinds, sizes and brand names sold by the distributor. The distributor shall pick up the empty beverage containers at least weekly, or when the distributor delivers the beverage product to the dealer if deliveries are less frequent than weekly, unless otherwise agreed to by both the distributor and the dealer.
	107.9(2) Pickup and acceptance from approved redemption centers. A distributor shall accept and pick up from an approved redemption center all empty beverage containers that bear an Iowa refund value and are of the kinds, sizes and brand names sold by the distributor. The distributor shall pick up the empty beverage containers at least weekly unless otherwise agreed to by both the distributor and the approved redemption center.
	107.9(3) Acceptance of redeemed containers from dealer agents. A distributor shall accept delivery of empty beverage containers from a dealer agent provided that the containers were picked up by the dealer agent within the distributor’s geographic service area and that they bear an Iowa refund value and are of the kinds, sizes and brand names sold by the distributor.
	107.9(4) Notification of frequency. A distributor shall notify each participating dealer served by the distributor of the intended frequency of pickup. A distributor shall notify each redemption center from which the distributor is required to pick up containers of the intended frequency of pickup.
	107.9(5) Partial pickup. A distributor which picks up containers more often than the required frequency shall not be required to pick up all available containers from a participating dealer or redemption center at each pickup provided that all available containers are picked up from the dealer or redemption center within the required frequency.
[ARC 6791C, IAB 1/11/23, effective 12/16/22]