House File 2341 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY FALLON Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act concerning 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 6333HH 81 6 tm/je/5 PAG LIN 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 isone centthree 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 concerns 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 3 cents per container. 1 21 LSB 6333HH 81 1 22 tm:rj/je/5