Bill Text: HI HB109 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Deposit Beverage Container Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-16 - Introduced and Pass First Reading. [HB109 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2025-HB109-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO the DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 342G-105, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The amount due from deposit beverage
distributors shall be the net number of deposit beverage containers sold,
donated, or transferred multiplied by the sum of the prevailing deposit
beverage container fee and the refund value of [5 cents.] 10 cents. Payment shall be made by check or money order
payable to the "Department of Health, State of Hawaii". All inventory reports and payments shall be
made no later than the fifteenth day of the month following the end of the
payment period of the previous month."
SECTION 2. Section 342G-110, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) [By January 1, 2005, every] Every deposit beverage container sold
in this State shall have a refund value of [5 cents.] 10 cents. Each container shall have the refund value
clearly indicated on it as provided in section 342G-112."
SECTION 3. Section 342G-111, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
"(f) The amount due from a deposit beverage
distributor shall be the net number of deposit beverage containers sold
multiplied by the sum of the prevailing deposit beverage container fee and the
deposit value of [5 cents.] 10 cents. Payment shall be made by check or money order
payable to the "Department of Health, State of Hawaii". All reports and payments shall be made no
later than the fifteenth day of the month following the end of the previous
payment period."
SECTION 4. Section 342G-112, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to any type of
refillable glass deposit beverage container that has a brand name permanently
marked on it and that has the equivalent of a refund value of at least [5
cents,] 10 cents, which is paid upon receipt of the container by a
dealer or deposit beverage distributor."
SECTION 5. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2026.
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Report Title:
Deposit Beverage Container Program; Deposit and Refund Value; Increase
Description:
Increases the deposit and refund value for beverage containers from 5 cents to 10 cents under the deposit beverage container program.
The summary description
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
