LD 455, Page 2 - 120th Legislature, FIRST REGULAR Session

B. In addition to the payment of the refund value, the

initiator of the deposit under section 1863-A, subsection 3

shall reimburse the dealer or local redemption center for the

cost of handling beverage containers subject to section 1863-A

in an amount that equals at least 3¢ 5¢ per returned

container. The initiator of the deposit may reimburse the

dealer or local redemption center directly or indirectly

through a contracted agent.

SUMMARY

This bill sets the deposit and refund value of refillable
containers, nonrefillable containers sold through geographically
exclusive distributors and nonrefillable containers not sold
through geographically exclusive distributors at 5¢ per
container. The bill also sets the deposit and refund value of
wine and spirit containers at 15¢ per container. This bill also
increases the reimbursement rate from 3¢ per container to 5¢ per
container.

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