House Study Bill 232 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON FISHER) A BILL FOR An Act relating to beverage container reimbursement fees paid 1 by distributors to beverage dealers and persons operating 2 beverage container redemption centers. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1159YC (2) 88 js/tm

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 455C.2, subsection 2, Code 2019, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. In addition to the refund value provided in subsection 1 3 of this section , a dealer, or a person operating a redemption 4 center who redeems empty beverage containers , or a dealer agent 5 shall be reimbursed by the distributor required to accept the 6 empty beverage containers an amount which is one cent two cents 7 per container. A dealer, dealer agent, or person operating a 8 redemption center may compact empty metal beverage containers 9 with the approval of the distributor required to accept the 10 containers. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill increases the reimbursement amount received by 15 a dealer or person operating a redemption center who redeems 16 empty beverage containers from 1 cent per container to 2 cents 17 per container. The reimbursement amount, commonly referred 18 to as a handling fee, is paid by the distributor who collects 19 the beverage containers from the dealer or person operating a 20 redemption center. 21 -1- LSB 1159YC (2) 88 js/tm 1/ 1