Bill Text: IA SF2156 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa Senate Bill 2156 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the applicability of beverage containers control provisions to specified beverage containers and the monetary value of deposits and refunds pursuant to those provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-08 - Subcommittee: Chapman, Boulton, and Feenstra. S.J. 276. [SF2156 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2156-Introduced.html


Senate File 2156 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  GREENE

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the applicability of beverage containers
  2    control provisions to specified beverage containers and the
  3    monetary value of deposits and refunds pursuant to those
  4    provisions.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455C.1, subsection 1, Code 2018, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  "Beverage" means wine as defined in section 123.3,
  1  4 subsection 47, alcoholic liquor as defined in section 123.3,
  1  5 subsection 5, beer as defined in section 123.3, subsection
  1  6 7, sports drinks, mineral water, soda water, and similar
  1  7  carbonated soft drinks in liquid form and intended for human
  1  8 consumption.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 455C.1, Code 2018, is amended by adding the
  1 10 following new subsection:
  1 11    NEW SUBSECTION.  14.  "Sports drink" means a soft drink
  1 12 designed or marketed for consumption in conjunction with
  1 13 sporting activity or strenuous exercise, and which typically
  1 14 contains electrolytes such as sodium, potassium, and chloride,
  1 15 and a high percentage of sugar to restore energy.
  1 16    Sec. 3.  Section 455C.2, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended
  1 17 to read as follows:
  1 18    1.  A refund value of not less than five ten cents shall
  1 19 be paid by the consumer on each beverage container sold in
  1 20 this state by a dealer for consumption off the premises.
  1 21 Upon return of the empty beverage container upon which a
  1 22 refund value has been paid to the dealer or person operating
  1 23 a redemption center and acceptance of the empty beverage
  1 24 container by the dealer or person operating a redemption
  1 25 center, the dealer or person operating a redemption center
  1 26 shall return the amount of the refund value to the consumer.
  1 27    Sec. 4.  Section 455C.5, subsection 3, Code 2018, is amended
  1 28 to read as follows:
  1 29    3.  The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section do
  1 30 not apply to a refillable glass beverage container which has
  1 31 a brand name permanently marked on it and which has a refund
  1 32 value of not less than five ten cents, to any other refillable
  1 33 beverage container which has a refund value of not less than
  1 34 five ten cents and which is exempted by the director under
  1 35 rules adopted by the commission, or to a beverage container
  2  1 sold aboard a commercial airliner or passenger train for
  2  2 consumption on the premises.
  2  3                           EXPLANATION
  2  4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2  5 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2  6    Current law limits beverage containers subject to beverage
  2  7 containers control deposit and refund provisions to containers
  2  8 holding wine, alcoholic liquor, beer, mineral water, soda
  2  9 water, and carbonated soft drinks. When a distributor sells
  2 10 beverages in eligible containers to a dealer, the distributor
  2 11 attaches an extra 5 cents per eligible container to the sale
  2 12 price. When a dealer sells beverages in eligible containers
  2 13 to a consumer, the dealer passes on the 5=cent deposit to the
  2 14 sale price. A consumer can take eligible beverage containers
  2 15 to a dealer, dealer agent, or a redemption center and receive
  2 16 a 5=cent refund for every eligible beverage container that
  2 17 the consumer returns. A distributor collects eligible
  2 18 containers from a dealer, dealer agent, or redemption center,
  2 19 at which time the distributor pays the dealer, dealer agent,
  2 20 or redemption center 5 cents per eligible container plus a
  2 21 handling fee of an additional 1 cent per empty container.
  2 22    This bill expands the list of eligible beverage containers
  2 23 by including "sports drinks" as defined in the bill in the
  2 24 definition of "beverage". Further, the bill increases
  2 25 the refund and deposit amount from 5 cents to 10 cents for
  2 26 all beverage containers subject to the deposit and refund
  2 27 provisions. The bill does not affect the handling fee of
  2 28 1 cent per empty container that a dealer, dealer agent, or
  2 29 redemption center will charge a distributor.
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