H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 455C.2, subsection 1, Code 2016, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. A refund value of not less than five ten cents shall 3 be paid by the consumer on each beverage container sold in 4 this state by a dealer for consumption off the premises. 5 Upon return of the empty beverage container upon which a 6 refund value has been paid to the dealer or person operating 7 a redemption center and acceptance of the empty beverage 8 container by the dealer or person operating a redemption 9 center, the dealer or person operating a redemption center 10 shall return the amount of the refund value to the consumer. 11 Sec. 2. Section 455C.5, subsection 3, Code 2016, is amended 12 to read as follows: 13 3. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section do 14 not apply to a refillable glass beverage container which has 15 a brand name permanently marked on it and which has a refund 16 value of not less than five ten cents, to any other refillable 17 beverage container which has a refund value of not less than 18 five ten cents and which is exempted by the director under 19 rules adopted by the commission, or to a beverage container 20 sold aboard a commercial airliner or passenger train for 21 consumption on the premises. 22 EXPLANATION 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 24 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 25 This bill changes the refund value paid by consumers for 26 beverage containers from 5 cents to 10 cents. The bill also 27 modifies the language in Code section 455C.5 to be consistent 28 with that change. According to Code section 455C.12, any 29 person who violates Code section 455C.2 or 455C.5 is guilty of 30 a simple misdemeanor. 31 -1- LSB 5206YC (2) 86 tr/rj 1/ 1