South Carolina House Bill 3590 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-03 - Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Pending: House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enact The "south Carolina Beverage Container Recycling Act"; To Provide For The Recycling Of Beverage Containers By Consumers; To Require Deposit Beverage Distributors That Operate Within The State To Register With The Department Of Revenue And Maintain Certain Records; To Require Deposit Beverage Distributors To Pay A Container Recovery Fee And A Deposit For Each Deposit Beverage Container Sold In The State; To Require Deposit Beverage Distributors To Charge Dealers Or Consumers A Deposit Equal To The Refund Value Of The Beverage Container; To Prescribe Beverage Container Refund Values And To Require Refund Values To Be Affixed To Beverage Containers; To Create The "deposit Beverage Container Fund" Within The Department Of Revenue, To Provide Which Funds Are To Be Deposited In The Fund And How The Fund Is To Be Used; To Require The Bureau Of Land And Waste Management Of The Department Of Health And Environmental Control To Administer The Program; To Require The Comptroller General To Conduct An Audit Of The Program During Certain Fiscal Years; To Authorize The Bureau To Adopt Rules And Promulgate Regulations To Effectuate Provisions Of This Chapter; To Require Dealers To Post Signs That Indicate Information About Redemption Centers; To Require The Bureau To Define Underserved Areas And Work To Put Certified Redemption Centers In These Areas; To Require Prospective Redemption Centers And Prospective Processors To Register With The Department Of Health And Environmental Control, And To Provide Requirements For The Issuance Of Certification; To Prescribe The Use Of Reverse Vending Machines In The Collection Of Beverage Containers; To Provide Situations In Which A Certified Redemption Center May Refuse To Pay The Refund Value On A Deposit Beverage Container; To Provide For The Payment Of Handling Fees By The Department Of Revenue To Certified Redemption Centers Upon Certain Conditions; To Provide For The Payment Of Administrative Fees By The Department Of Revenue To Processors Upon Certain Conditions; To Require Processors To Submit Invoices To The Department Of Revenue Concerning Refund Values And Associated Fees; To Require Distributors, Redemption Centers, And Processors To Make Records Available Upon Certain Conditions; To Require The Department Of Revenue To Compile And Publish A Report On The Program Each Fiscal Year; To Provide For The Membership And Duties Of An Advisory Committee To The Bureau; And To Provide Penalties For The Violation Of This Chapter.

Beverage Container Recycling Act

Rep. Joseph Jefferson [D]

Rep. James Smith [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-03		Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
2011-02-03		Introduced and read first time

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3590&session=119&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/3590_20110203.htm