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HOUSE BILL NO. 6053
A bill to amend 1976 IL 1, entitled
"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,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 445.572), as amended by 1998 PA 473.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. (1) A dealer within this state shall not sell, offer 1
June 04, 2026, Introduced by Reps. Rogers, Wozniak, Longjohn, Herzberg, Tisdel, Hoadley,
Steckloff, McKinney, Wilson, Wegela, Conlin, Rheingans, T. Carter, Coffia, Morgan, Price,
Dievendorf, McFall, Glanville, Skaggs and Young and referred to Committee on Regulatory
Reform.
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for sale, or give to a consumer a nonreturnable container or a 1
beverage in a nonreturnable container. 2
(2) A dealer who that regularly sells beverages for 3
consumption off the dealer's premises shall provide on the 4
premises, or within 100 yards of the premises on which the dealer 5
sells or offers for sale a beverage in a returnable container, and 6
at a minimum during the designated hours of operation, a convenient 7
means whereby the for containers of any kind, size, and brand sold 8
or offered for sale by the dealer may to be returned by, and the 9
deposit refunded in cash to, a person whether or not the person is 10
the original customer of that dealer, and whether or not the 11
container was sold by that dealer. 12
(3) Regional centers for the redemption of returnable 13
containers may be established, in addition to but not as 14
substitutes for, the means established for refunds of deposits 15
prescribed in subsection (2). 16
(4) Except as provided in subsections (5) and (7), a dealer 17
shall accept from a person an empty returnable container of any 18
kind, size, and brand sold or offered for sale by that dealer and 19
pay to that person its the full refund value of the container in 20
cash. 21
(5) A dealer who that does not require a deposit on a 22
returnable container when the contents are consumed in the dealer's 23
sale or consumption area is not required to pay a refund for 24
accepting that empty container. 25
(6) Except as provided in subsection (7), a distributor shall 26
accept from a dealer an empty returnable container of any kind, 27
size, and brand sold or offered for sale by that distributor and 28
pay to the dealer its the full refund value of the container in 29
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cash. 1
(7) Each beverage container sold or offered for sale by a 2
dealer within this state shall must clearly indicate by embossing 3
or by a stamp, a label, or other method securely affixed to the 4
beverage container, the refund value of the container and the name 5
of this state. A dealer or distributor may, but is not required to, 6
refuse to accept from a person an empty returnable container which 7
that does not state on the container the refund value of the 8
container and the name of this state. This subsection does not 9
apply to a refillable container having that has a refund value of 10
not less than 10 cents, having has a brand name permanently marked 11
on it, and having has a securely affixed method of indicating that 12
it is a returnable container. 13
(8) A dealer within this state shall not sell, offer for sale, 14
or give to consumers a metal beverage container, any part of which 15
becomes detached when opened. 16
(9) A person, dealer, distributor, or manufacturer shall not 17
return an empty container to a dealer for a refund of the deposit 18
if a dealer has already refunded the deposit on that returnable 19
container. This subsection does not prohibit a dealer from 20
refunding the deposit on an empty returnable container each time 21
the returnable container is sanitized by the manufacturer and 22
reused as a beverage container. 23
(10) A dealer may accept, but is not required to accept, from 24
a person, empty returnable containers for a refund in excess of 25
$25.00 on any given day. 26
(11) A manufacturer that is licensed by the commission shall 27
not require a distributor that is licensed by the commission to pay 28
a deposit to the manufacturer on a nonrefillable container. 29
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However, a manufacturer that is licensed by the commission and a 1
distributor that is licensed by the commission may enter into an 2
agreement providing that either or both may originate a deposit or 3
any portion of a deposit on a nonrefillable container if the 4
agreement is entered into freely and without coercion. 5
(12) A manufacturer shall refund the deposit paid on any 6
container returned by a distributor for which a deposit has been 7
was paid by a distributor to the manufacturer. 8
(13) Subsections (4), (6), and (7) apply only to a returnable 9
container that was originally sold in this state as a filled 10
returnable container. 11
(14) As used in this section, "designated hours of operation" 12
means either of the following: 13
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), between 8 14
a.m. and 11 p.m. 15
(b) If a dealer does not normally operate the dealer's 16
premises between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m., any period of time between 8 17
a.m. and 11 p.m. when the premises is normally operated by the 18
dealer. 19