S-5101

   Amend Senate File 2378 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, line 35, by striking <subsection> and inserting <subsections>
   2.  Page 2, before line 1 by inserting: 
   <NEW SUBSECTION.  11A.  “Mobile redemption system” means a redemption center location at which a consumer may return empty beverage containers on which a refund value has been paid that uses innovative technology to process empty beverage containers and return the amount of the refund value to consumers.>
   3.  Page 2, line 16, by striking <time.> and inserting <time not to exceed ten days.  A person who attempts to redeem two thousand or more empty beverage containers in one transaction with a participating dealer or a redemption center shall provide proof of residency prior to receiving refund value.>
   4.  Page 3, line 3, by striking <for a dealer served by the distributor> and inserting <for a dealer served by the distributor in the distributor’s geographic territory>
   5.  Page 4, line 2, by striking <if the> and inserting <if the>
   6.  Page 4, by striking line 5 and inserting <455C.6.>
   7.  Page 4, line 26, after <1.> by inserting <a.>
   8.  Page 4, by striking lines 32 through 34 and inserting <containers.>
   9.  Page 4, before line 35 by inserting: 
   <b.  On and after November 15, 2023, the department of revenue shall require the registration of the universal product code for each beverage container using a method determined by the department of revenue.> 
   10.  Page 5, line 17, after <require.> by inserting <However, on and after July 1, 2023, a redemption center does not need to provide in its notice the names and addresses of dealers to be served by the redemption center.>
   11.  Page 5, after line 21 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 455C.6, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  A mobile redemption system shall not be considered to be in violation of any county or city ordinance that would otherwise limit the operation of the mobile redemption system as long as the mobile redemption system operates in a location that is not zoned primarily for residential purposes.>
   12.  Page 6, line 9, by striking <subsection> and inserting <subsections>
   13.  Page 6, after line 9 by inserting: 
   <NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  A person who attempts to redeem beverage containers obtained outside the state commits a serious misdemeanor and is also subject to a civil penalty of five thousand dollars per violation.>
   14.  Page 6, line 10, by striking <6.> and inserting <7.>
   15.  Page 6, line 10, by striking <A> and inserting <Except as provided in subsection 6, a>
   16.  Page 7, after line 35 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  455C.18  Unclaimed refund value and handling fees.
   Any amount of refund value or handling fees possessed by a distributor after the distributor has made payments required pursuant to this chapter shall be considered the property of the distributor.>
   17.  Page 8, line 1, by striking <455C.7, 455C.10, and 455C.14,> and inserting <455C.7 and 455C.10,>
   18.  By renumbering as necessary.

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JASON SCHULTZ