Bill Text: CT HB05618 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning An Increase In The Handling Fee For Bottle Redemption Centers.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-04 - File Number 383 [HB05618 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05618-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2017 |
LCO No. 4557 | ||
*04557HB05618ENV* | |||
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT CONCERNING AN INCREASE IN THE HANDLING FEE FOR BOTTLE REDEMPTION CENTERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 22a-245 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
(d) In addition to the refund value of a beverage container, a distributor shall pay to any dealer or operator of a redemption center a handling fee of at least [one] two and one-half cents for each container of beer or other malt beverage and [two] three cents for each beverage container of mineral waters, soda water and similar carbonated soft drinks or noncarbonated beverage returned for redemption. A distributor shall not be required to pay to a manufacturer the refund value of a nonrefillable beverage container.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2017 |
22a-245(d) |
Statement of Purpose:
To promote recycling and the continued employment of workers in the bottle redemption industry.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.; REP. GRESKO, 121st Dist. REP. URBAN, 43rd Dist. |