House Amendment 2050


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     1  1    Amend Senate File 601, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 55, by inserting after line 8 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  455C.18  BEVERAGE
     1  6 CONTAINER TASK FORCE.
     1  7    1.  The department shall convene a task force with
     1  8 one representative from each of the following:
     1  9    a.  The Iowa grocery industry association.
     1 10    b.  Redemption centers of Iowa.
     1 11    c.  Iowa wholesale beer distributors association.
     1 12    d.  The Iowa society of solid waste operations.
     1 13    e.  Iowa soft drink association.
     1 14    f.  The Iowa recycling association.
     1 15    g.  The Iowa environmental council.
     1 16    h.  The petroleum marketers and convenience stores
     1 17 of Iowa.
     1 18    i.  The Iowa chapter of the sierra club.
     1 19    2.  The chairperson and ranking member of the
     1 20 standing committee on environmental protection in the
     1 21 house of representatives and the chairperson and
     1 22 ranking member of the standing committee on natural
     1 23 resources and environment in the senate shall serve as
     1 24 ex officio, nonvoting members of the task force.
     1 25    3.  The task force shall study and consider all of
     1 26 the following:
     1 27    a.  Methods to increase the beverage container
     1 28 redemption rate.
     1 29    b.  Methods to increase the profitability of
     1 30 redemption centers.
     1 31    c.  The efficiency and costs associated with
     1 32 mandated, statewide, curbside recycling of empty
     1 33 beverage containers.
     1 34    d.  Methods to provide greater efficiencies in the
     1 35 current beverage container redemption system.
     1 36    4.  By January 1, 2010, the department shall submit
     1 37 to the governor and the general assembly a final
     1 38 report of the task force which shall include
     1 39 recommendations of the task force.  The department
     1 40 shall also make the final report publicly available on
     1 41 the internet.
     1 42    5.  This section is repealed June 30, 2010.>
     1 43 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 47 WESSEL-KROESCHELL of Story
     1 48 SF 601.523 82
     1 49 tm/je/9644
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