SENATE, No. 1978

By Mr. Rosenberg (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1978) of Michael Ruggeri for legislation relative to the redemption of beverage containers. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

AN ACT relative to the redemption of beverage containers

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 94 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 323C in its entirety and replacing it with the following:-

            SECTION 323C. Except as provided in paragraph (f), a distributor must accept from any licensed or registered redemption center any empty beverage container of the type, size, and brand sold by the distributor within the past sixty days and must pay the redemption center the refund value of the beverage container plus a handling fee of at least 3 cents per container; said handling fee shall be reviewed annually by the appropriate agency which oversees the Bottle Bill law and shall be adjusted accordingly with the consumer price index.