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MI HB4331

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/24/2021

Primary Sponsor

Christine Morse

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Origin

House of Representatives

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Expands Michigan's bottle deposit law to include wine, spirits, and noncarbonated nonalcoholic beverages (excluding plant-based milks and dairy products) in addition to existing beverages, with a mandatory 10-cent deposit.

  • Requires dealers with less than 4,000 square feet of store space to accept container returns on-site and limits daily refunds to $10.00; dealers with 4,000+ square feet limited to $25.00 daily refunds.

  • Creates new bottle handling fund receiving $0.005 per redeemed container, with 80% distributed to dealers and 20% to distributors based on containers redeemed; reallocates remaining unredeemed deposits between attorney general investigations, renew Michigan fund, and cleanup/redevelopment trust fund.

  • Requires distributors purchasing beverages from out-of-state sources for resale in Michigan and online sellers delivering to Michigan addresses to originate a 10-cent deposit on those containers.

  • Adds new section 3g establishing bottle handling fund within state treasury as a revolving fund that does not lapse to the general fund; adds pollution prevention activities including plastic waste reduction programs under section 3f community pollution prevention fund.

Legislative Description

Trade: containers; beverages and beverage containers subject to bottle deposit and distribution of revenue; expand and revise. Amends secs. 1, 2, 2a, 3c, 3e & 3f of 1976 IL 1 (MCL 445.571 et seq.) & adds sec. 3g.

Trade: containers

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/24/2021

2/25/2021

Committee Referrals

Regulatory Reform2/24/2021

Full Bill Text

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