| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5618 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4557 | |
| 3 | - | * | |
| 3 | + | *04557HB05618ENV* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (ENV) | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Committee Bill No. 5618 | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | January Session, 2017 | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 4557 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | - | * | |
| 16 | + | *04557HB05618ENV* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | (ENV) | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING AN INCREASE IN THE HANDLING FEE FOR BOTTLE REDEMPTION CENTERS. | |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | 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 Subsection (d) of section 22a-245 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017): | |
| 29 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 30 | (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. | |
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| 34 | 34 | ||
| 35 | 35 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 36 | 36 | Section 1 October 1, 2017 22a-245(d) | |
| 37 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 38 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 39 | 39 | ||
| 40 | 40 | Section 1 | |
| 41 | 41 | ||
| 42 | 42 | October 1, 2017 | |
| 43 | 43 | ||
| 44 | 44 | 22a-245(d) | |
| 45 | 45 | ||
| 46 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 47 | + | ||
| 48 | + | To promote recycling and the continued employment of workers in the bottle redemption industry. | |
| 49 | + | ||
| 50 | + | [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.] | |
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| 47 | 52 | ||
| 48 | - | ENV Joint Favorable | |
| 49 | 53 | ||
| 50 | - | ||
| 54 | + | Co-Sponsors: REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.; REP. GRESKO, 121st Dist. REP. URBAN, 43rd Dist. | |
| 51 | 55 | ||
| 52 | - | Joint Favorable | |
| 56 | + | Co-Sponsors: | |
| 57 | + | ||
| 58 | + | REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.; REP. GRESKO, 121st Dist. | |
| 59 | + | ||
| 60 | + | REP. URBAN, 43rd Dist. | |
| 61 | + | ||
| 62 | + | H.B. 5618 |