Senate File 2126 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BEALL, BOLKCOM, and
                                           SCHOENJAHN


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the amount of reimbursement paid to dealers or
  2    persons operating redemption centers who redeem empty beverage
  3    containers.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5737SS 81
  6 tm/gg/14

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 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 increases the reimbursement amount received by a
  1 14 dealer or person operating a redemption center who redeems
  1 15 empty beverage containers from 1 cent per container to 2 cents
  1 16 per container.  The reimbursement amount, commonly referred to
  1 17 as a handling fee, is paid by the distributor who collects the
  1 18 beverage containers from the dealer or person operating a
  1 19 redemption center.
  1 20 LSB 5737SS 81
  1 21 tm:rj/gg/14