Bill Text: CT HB05618 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning An Increase In The Handling Fee For Bottle Redemption Centers.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-04 - File Number 383 [HB05618 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05618-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 5618
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 4557
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING AN INCREASE IN THE HANDLING FEE FOR BOTTLE REDEMPTION CENTERS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 22a-245 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):

(d) In addition to the refund value of a beverage container, a distributor shall pay to any dealer or operator of a redemption center a handling fee of at least [one] two and one-half cents for each container of beer or other malt beverage and [two] three cents for each beverage container of mineral waters, soda water and similar carbonated soft drinks or noncarbonated beverage returned for redemption. A distributor shall not be required to pay to a manufacturer the refund value of a nonrefillable beverage container.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2017	22a-245(d)

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Joint Favorable