House File 2251 - Introduced



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                                       BY  MAY


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to reimbursement amounts paid by distributors to
  2    dealers, redemption center operators, and dealer agents for
  3    empty beverage containers.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5717YH 81
  6 tm/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455C.2, subsection 2, Code 2005, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  In addition to the refund value provided in subsection
  1  4 1 of this section, a dealer, or person operating a redemption
  1  5 center who redeems empty beverage containers or a dealer agent
  1  6 shall be reimbursed by the distributor required to accept the
  1  7 empty beverage containers an amount which is one cent two
  1  8 cents per container.  A dealer, dealer agent, or person
  1  9 operating a redemption center may compact empty metal beverage
  1 10 containers with the approval of the distributor required to
  1 11 accept the containers.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill relates to reimbursement amounts paid by
  1 14 distributors to dealers, redemption center operators, and
  1 15 dealer agents for empty beverage containers.
  1 16    Currently, a distributor pays a reimbursement amount of 1
  1 17 cent per empty container to a dealer, a redemption center
  1 18 operator, or a dealer agent for each empty beverage container
  1 19 accepted by the distributor.  The bill increases the
  1 20 reimbursement amount to 2 cents per container.
  1 21 LSB 5717YH 81
  1 22 tm:rj/je/5