Indiana Senate Bill 142 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-06 - First Reading: referred to Committee on Commerce & Technology
Pending: Senate Commerce & Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Beverage container deposits. Requires returnable beverage containers to be used beginning in 2016. Requires a $0.10 refundable deposit on each container. Allows manufacturers or distributors to be the originator of the deposit. Requires retailers to make cash refunds to consumers. Requires distributors to make cash refunds to retailers. Requires an originator of deposits to file a deposit report with the state and pay any excess deposits the originator collects. Provides that excess deposits are to be used to compensate retailers for taking returns, to cover administrative costs of the state, and to provide revenue to the recycling promotion and assistance

Beverage container deposits. Requires returnable beverage containers to be used beginning in 2016. Requires a $0.10 refundable deposit on each container. Allows manufacturers or distributors to be the originator of the deposit. Requires retailers to make cash refunds to consumers. Requires distributors to make cash refunds to retailers. Requires an originator of deposits to file a deposit report with the state and pay any excess deposits the originator collects. Provides that excess deposits are to be used to compensate retailers for taking returns, to cover administrative costs of the state, and to provide revenue to the recycling promotion and assistance

Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-06	Senate	First Reading: referred to Committee on Commerce & Technology
2015-01-06	Senate	Authored by Senator Randolph

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/142/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/7/9/b/c79b4a9f/SB0142.01.INTR.pdf