Senate File 373 - Introduced



                                    SENATE FILE       
                                    BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
                                        RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

                                    (SUCCESSOR TO SF 261)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to refund values for empty beverage containers.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2667SV 81
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455C.2, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  A refund value of not less than five cents shall be
  1  4 paid by the consumer on each beverage container sold in this
  1  5 state by a dealer for consumption off the premises.  Upon
  1  6 return of the empty beverage container upon which a refund
  1  7 value has been paid to the dealer or person operating a
  1  8 redemption center and acceptance of the empty beverage
  1  9 container by the dealer or person operating a redemption
  1 10 center, the dealer or person operating a redemption center
  1 11 shall return the amount of the pay a refund value to the
  1 12 consumer in an amount determined by the dealer or person
  1 13 operating a redemption center.
  1 14    Sec. 2.  Section 455C.5, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
  1 15 amended to read as follows:
  1 16    1.  Each beverage container sold or offered for sale in
  1 17 this state by a dealer shall clearly indicate by embossing or
  1 18 by a stamp, label or other method securely affixed to the
  1 19 container, the refund value of the container that must be paid
  1 20 by the consumer.  The department shall specify, by rule, the
  1 21 minimum size of the refund value indication on the beverage
  1 22 containers.
  1 23    Sec. 3.  Section 455C.6, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
  1 24 amended to read as follows:
  1 25    1.  To facilitate the return of empty beverage containers
  1 26 and to serve dealers of beverages, any person may establish a
  1 27 redemption center, subject to the approval of the department,
  1 28 at which consumers may return empty beverage containers and
  1 29 receive payment of the refund value of such beverage
  1 30 containers in an amount determined by the person operating the
  1 31 redemption center.
  1 32    Sec. 4.  Section 455C.7, Code 2005, is amended to read as
  1 33 follows:
  1 34    455C.7  UNAPPROVED REDEMPTION CENTERS.
  1 35    Any person may establish a redemption center which has not
  2  1 been approved by the department, at which a consumer may
  2  2 return empty beverage containers and receive payment of the
  2  3 refund value of the beverage containers in an amount
  2  4 determined by the person operating the redemption center.  The
  2  5 establishment of an unapproved redemption center shall not
  2  6 relieve any dealer from the responsibility of redeeming any
  2  7 empty beverage containers of the kind and brand sold by the
  2  8 dealer.
  2  9                           EXPLANATION
  2 10    This bill relates to refund values for empty beverage
  2 11 containers.
  2 12    The bill allows a dealer or person operating a redemption
  2 13 center to determine the amount of refund value that may be
  2 14 paid to a consumer upon the return of an empty beverage
  2 15 container.  The bill provides that beverage containers sold or
  2 16 offered for sale in this state must clearly indicate the
  2 17 refund value of the container that must be paid by the
  2 18 consumer.
  2 19 LSB 2667SV 81
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