Amends the definition of deposit beverage container to include sizes up to and including sixty-eight fluid ounces, and requires dealers in high-density population areas to operate redemption centers. (SD2)

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 342G-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "deposit beverage container" to read as follows:

""Deposit beverage container" means [the] an individual, separate, sealed glass, polyethylene terephthalte, high density polyethylene, or metal container that is less than or equal to [sixty-four] sixty-eight fluid ounces[,] and used for containing, at the time of sale to the consumer, a deposit beverage intended for use or consumption in this State."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.