Iowa 2007 bill text

HF164

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BY  HEDDENS, SCHUELLER, SWAIM,
                                           HUNTER, BERRY, MERTZ, and
                                           BAUDLER


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act increasing the reimbursement amount paid by distributors
  2    to persons redeeming empty beverage containers.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1444HH 82
  5 tm/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455C.2, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  In addition to the refund value provided in subsection
  1  4 1 of this section, a dealer, or person operating a redemption
  1  5 center who redeems empty beverage containers or a dealer agent
  1  6 shall be reimbursed by the distributor required to accept the
  1  7 empty beverage containers an amount which is one cent two
  1  8 cents per container.  Beginning July 1, 2010, the
  1  9 reimbursement amount shall be one cent per container.  A
  1 10 dealer, dealer agent, or person operating a redemption center
  1 11 may compact empty metal beverage containers with the approval
  1 12 of the distributor required to accept the containers.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill increases the reimbursement amount received by a
  1 15 dealer or person operating a redemption center who redeems
  1 16 empty beverage containers from 1 cent per container to 2 cents
  1 17 per container.  The reimbursement amount, commonly referred to
  1 18 as a handling fee, is paid by the distributor who collects the
  1 19 beverage containers from the dealer or person operating a
  1 20 redemption center.  The bill provides that, beginning July 1,
  1 21 2010, the handling fee amount reverts to 1 cent per container.
  1 22 LSB 1444HH 82
  1 23 tm:rj/je/5