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MI SB1112

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/14/2024

Primary Sponsor

Sean McCann

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Origin

Senate

102nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Expands Michigan's bottle deposit law to include wine, liquor, and mixed spirit drinks in addition to existing beverages (soft drinks, beer, malt beverages), and adds noncarbonated drinks.

  • Prohibits dealers from selling nonreturnable containers; requires 10-cent minimum deposit and refund for all covered beverage containers sold in the state.

  • Creates beverage container handling fund and resource recovery fund to allocate revenues from unredeemed deposits: 1.5% to EGLE staffing, 6% to marketing/compliance, 1.5% to LARA staffing, 6% to enforcement fund, and 85% to system improvement grants.

  • Establishes bottle bill enforcement fund for Department of State Police and Attorney General enforcement, with 50% split between the two departments to investigate violations.

  • Requires Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy to publish annual performance data on deposit return rates, container redemptions by material type and county, and fund values by April 1 each year.

  • Takes effect only if approved by Michigan voters at the November 3, 2026 general election; becomes effective 6 months after official declaration of results.

Legislative Description

Trade: containers; bottle deposit law; expand. Amends title & secs. 1, 2, 3c, & 3e of 1976 IL 1 (MCL 445.571 et seq.); adds secs. 2b, 3g & 5a & repeals sec. 2a of 1976 IL 1 (MCL 445.572a).

Trade: containers

Last Action

Referred To Committee Of The Whole With Substitute (s-2)

12/11/2024

Committee Referrals

Energy And Environment11/14/2024

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