HOUSE BILL NO. 5422

January 28, 2020, Introduced by Reps. Lilly, Sneller, Chirkun and Iden and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

"A petition to initiate legislation to provide for the use of returnable containers for soft drinks, soda water, carbonated natural or mineral water, other nonalcoholic carbonated drink, and for beer, ale, or other malt drink of whatever alcoholic content, and for certain other beverage containers; to provide for the use of unredeemed bottle deposits; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and officials; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies,"

(MCL 445.571 to 445.576) by adding section 4c.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 4c. A distributor that sells to a dealer a nonrefillable container that contains a nonalcoholic beverage shall originate a 10 cent deposit on that container at the time of sale to the dealer and shall maintain a record of that deposit for purposes of its required annual filing under section 3a.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5424 (request no. 03584'19) of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.