Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to the redemption and handling of beverage containers and including effective date provisions
Topics:Environment & natural resources
Same legislation: SF 520
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 16, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2019
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 7, 2019
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 520
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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What’s in it
Under current law, a consumer may return an empty beverage container upon which a refund value has been paid to a dealer or a redemption center. When a distributor collects empty beverage containers from a dealer, dealer agent, or redemption center, the distributor reimburses the dealer, dealer agent, or redemption center the refund value plus a 1-cent handling fee for each empty beverage container. Current law also allows any person to establish a redemption center that serves a dealer if it is approved by the department of natural resources.
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Any person can also establish an unapproved redemption center. Under this bill, a consumer must return an empty beverage container to a redemption center if the consumer seeks to redeem a refund value paid for the beverage container. Additionally, the handling fee paid by a distributor is increased to 2 cents for each empty beverage container. A distributor must pick up from a redemption center empty beverage containers on at least a weekly basis. The bill makes conforming changes throughout Code chapter 455C to remove instances of “dealer” and “dealer agent” from provisions dealing with redemption. Lastly, the bill requires all redemption centers to be approved by the department; any unapproved redemption center that currently exists can continue operating without approval until December 1, 2020. The bill takes effect on July 1, 2020.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 17, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§455C.1§455C.12§455C.14§455C.16§455C.2§455C.3§455C.4§455C.6
Repeals§455C.7
Lobbying
4 for · 11 against · 19 undecided · Who →
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