S.F. 2149 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 cents shall be paid 3 by the consumer on each beverage container sold in this state 4 by a dealer for consumption off the premises. Upon return of 5 the empty beverage container upon which a refund value has been 6 paid to the dealer or person operating a redemption center 7 and acceptance of the empty beverage container by the dealer 8 or person operating a redemption center, the dealer or shall 9 return the full amount of the refund value to the consumer 10 and the person operating a redemption center shall return 11 either four cents or the full amount of the refund value to the 12 consumer. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 Under current law, dealers or persons operating redemption 17 centers must return to a consumer the full refund value of 5 18 cents per beverage container upon the return of a container 19 by a consumer. This bill allows persons operating redemption 20 centers to return 4 cents per container to a consumer upon the 21 return of a container. A “dealer” is defined in Code section 22 455C.1 as any person who engages in the sale of beverages in 23 beverage containers to a consumer. 24 -1- LSB 5661XS (3) 86 tr/rj 1/ 1