SF 2149 (LSB 5661XS (3) 86)

SENATE FILE 2149

BY  SEGEBART

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the refund value on beverage containers payable to consumers by redemption centers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 455C.2, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A refund value of not less than five cents shall be paid by the consumer on each beverage container sold in this state by a dealer for consumption off the premises. Upon return of the empty beverage container upon which a refund value has been paid to the dealer or person operating a redemption center and acceptance of the empty beverage container by the dealer or person operating a redemption center, the dealer or shall return the full amount of the refund value to the consumer and the person operating a redemption center shall return either four cents or the full amount of the refund value to the consumer.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, dealers or persons operating redemption centers must return to a consumer the full refund value of 5 cents per beverage container upon the return of a container by a consumer. This bill allows persons operating redemption centers to return 4 cents per container to a consumer upon the return of a container. A “dealer” is defined in Code section 455C.1 as any person who engages in the sale of beverages in beverage containers to a consumer.