Report Title:
Waste Management; Deposit Beverage Container Program
Description:
Requires a dealer to redeem deposit beverage containers on a one-to-one basis, and defines one-to-one basis.
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2972 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
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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-113, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a dealer shall:
(1) Operate a redemption center by July 1, 2005, and shall accept all types of empty deposit beverage containers with a Hawaii refund value;
(2) Pay to the redeemer the full refund value for all deposit beverage containers that bear a valid Hawaii refund value; [and]
(3) Offer to redeem all deposit beverage containers on a one-to-one basis. The term "one-to-one basis" means that at a point of sale, a redeemer may elect to exchange an empty deposit beverage container for credit, equal to the full refund value, towards the immediate purchase of a beverage in a deposit beverage container; and
[(3)] (4) Ensure each deposit beverage container collected is recycled, and forward documentation necessary to support claims for payment as stated in section 342G-119 or rules adopted under this part."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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