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1 | AN ACT concerning recycling.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Illinois Container Fee and Deposit Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, the following | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless the context | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | otherwise requires: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Agency.
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11 | "Beverage" means (i) wine, alcoholic liquor, or beer as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | defined in the Liquor Control Act of 1934 or (ii) mineral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | water, tea, coffee, soda water, or similar carbonated soft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | drinks, bottled water, juice, or other drinks in liquid form | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | intended for human consumption and excluding products that are | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | primarily derived from dairy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | "Beverage container" means any glass, plastic, aluminum, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | or other metal can, bottle, jar, or carton, in which the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | bottler or the manufacturer has sealed the contents. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | "Consumer" means a person who purchases or acquires a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | beverage in a beverage container for the use of its contents. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | "Dealer" means a person who sells or offers for sale to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | consumers within this State a beverage in a beverage container, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | including an operator of a vending machine containing a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | beverage in a beverage container. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | "Dealer agent" means a person who solicits or picks up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | empty beverage containers from a dealer for the purpose of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | returning the empty beverage containers to the distributor or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | the manufacturer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Environmental Protection Agency. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | "Distributor" means a person who engages in the sale of |
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1 | beverages in beverage containers to a dealer in the State, | ||||||
2 | including a manufacturer who engages in those sales. | ||||||
3 | "Geographic territory" means the geographical area within | ||||||
4 | a perimeter formed by the outermost boundaries of the area | ||||||
5 | served by a distributor. | ||||||
6 | "Illinois Container Fee and Deposit Fund" means a fund | ||||||
7 | created for the deposit and disbursement of all deposit and | ||||||
8 | redemption center fee moneys generated through the | ||||||
9 | administration of this Act. | ||||||
10 | "Manufacturer" means a person who bottles, cans, or | ||||||
11 | otherwise fills beverage containers for sale to distributors or | ||||||
12 | dealers. | ||||||
13 | "Nonrefillable beverage container" means a beverage | ||||||
14 | container that, after being used by a consumer, is not intended | ||||||
15 | to be refilled for sale by a manufacturer. | ||||||
16 | "Redemption center" means a business at which consumers may | ||||||
17 | return empty beverage containers and receive payment for the | ||||||
18 | refund value of the empty beverage containers. | ||||||
19 | Section 7. The Illinois Container Fee and Deposit Fund. The | ||||||
20 | Illinois Container Fee and Deposit Fund is created as a special | ||||||
21 | Fund in the State treasury. All moneys retrieved through the | ||||||
22 | administration of this Act shall be deposited into the Fund and | ||||||
23 | administered by the Agency. Distributors shall submit via | ||||||
24 | deposit to the Fund the deposit and redemption center fee | ||||||
25 | moneys from the beverage containers they sell in this State. | ||||||
26 | The Fund shall then be used to distribute these moneys to | ||||||
27 | redemption centers in accordance with the rules adopted for | ||||||
28 | administration of this Act. | ||||||
29 | Section 10. Deposit values. | ||||||
30 | (a) A deposit value of 5 cents shall be paid by the | ||||||
31 | consumer on each beverage container sold in the State by a | ||||||
32 | dealer for consumption. Upon the return to a dealer or person | ||||||
33 | operating a redemption center of the empty beverage container | ||||||
34 | upon which a deposit has been paid and the acceptance of the |
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1 | empty beverage container by the dealer or the person operating | ||||||
2 | the redemption center, the dealer or redemption center must | ||||||
3 | refund the value of the deposit to the consumer. | ||||||
4 | (b) In addition to the deposit refund provided in | ||||||
5 | subsection (a), a dealer, dealer agent, or person operating a | ||||||
6 | redemption center who redeems empty beverage containers shall | ||||||
7 | be reimbursed by any distributor required to accept the empty | ||||||
8 | beverage containers a value of 2-cents per container (the | ||||||
9 | "redemption center fee"). A dealer, dealer agent, or person | ||||||
10 | operating a redemption center may compact empty metal beverage | ||||||
11 | containers with the approval of the distributor required to | ||||||
12 | accept the containers. | ||||||
13 | Section 15. Payment of deposit value; notice to consumers. | ||||||
14 | Except as provided in Section 20: | ||||||
15 | (1) A dealer may not refuse to accept from a consumer | ||||||
16 | any empty beverage container of the kind, size, or brand | ||||||
17 | sold by the dealer or refuse to pay to the consumer the | ||||||
18 | deposit value of the beverage container as stated in | ||||||
19 | Section 10, provided that the beverage container is | ||||||
20 | returned to the dealer in an empty, unbroken, and | ||||||
21 | reasonably clean state. | ||||||
22 | (2) A dealer must place a sign or shelf label in close | ||||||
23 | proximity to any sales display of beverage containers to | ||||||
24 | inform consumers that containers are returnable. The sign | ||||||
25 | or label shall indicate the value of the deposit required | ||||||
26 | for each beverage container and that containers are | ||||||
27 | returnable. | ||||||
28 | (3) An operator of a vending machine that sells | ||||||
29 | containers shall post a conspicuous notice on the vending | ||||||
30 | machine indicating that a deposit refund is available on | ||||||
31 | each container purchased and indicating where and from whom | ||||||
32 | that refund may be obtained. This Section does not require | ||||||
33 | vending machine operators to provide refunds at the | ||||||
34 | premises where the vending machine is located. | ||||||
35 | (4) A dealer may limit the total number of beverage |
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1 | containers that he or she will accept from one consumer on | ||||||
2 | any business day to 100 containers. The dealer may refuse | ||||||
3 | to accept containers for a period of not more than 3 hours | ||||||
4 | during any business day, provided that the hours during | ||||||
5 | which containers will not be accepted are conspicuously | ||||||
6 | posted. | ||||||
7 | (5) A distributor shall accept and pick up all empty | ||||||
8 | beverage containers of the kind, size, or brand sold by the | ||||||
9 | distributor from all dealers served by the distributor and | ||||||
10 | from all redemption centers. If the distributor delivers | ||||||
11 | the beverage product less frequently than weekly, then the | ||||||
12 | distributor shall accept and pick up any empty beverage | ||||||
13 | container of the kind, size, or brand sold by the | ||||||
14 | distributor at the time of that delivery. The distributor | ||||||
15 | shall pay to the dealer or the redemption center the | ||||||
16 | deposit refund value of the beverage container and the | ||||||
17 | redemption center fee as provided under Section 10 of this | ||||||
18 | Act either within one week following the pickup of the | ||||||
19 | containers or when the dealer or redemption center normally | ||||||
20 | pays the distributor for the deposit on beverage products | ||||||
21 | purchased from the distributor if less frequently than | ||||||
22 | weekly. A distributor, employee, or agent of a distributor | ||||||
23 | is not in violation of this subsection if a redemption | ||||||
24 | center is closed when the distributor attempts to make a | ||||||
25 | regular delivery or a regular pickup of empty beverage | ||||||
26 | containers. | ||||||
27 | (6) A distributor shall accept from a dealer agent any | ||||||
28 | empty beverage container of the kind, size, or brand sold | ||||||
29 | by the distributor that was picked up by the dealer agent | ||||||
30 | from a dealer within the geographic territory served by the | ||||||
31 | distributor. The distributor shall pay the dealer agent the | ||||||
32 | deposit value of the empty beverage container and the | ||||||
33 | redemption center fee as provided in Section 10. | ||||||
34 | (7) The Agency shall adopt rules regulating the | ||||||
35 | recycling and disposal of empty beverage containers. The | ||||||
36 | rules shall give priority to the recycling of empty |
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1 | beverage containers to the extent possible. | ||||||
2 | Section 20. Refusal to accept containers. | ||||||
3 | (a) A dealer, redemption center, distributor, or | ||||||
4 | manufacturer may refuse to accept any empty beverage container | ||||||
5 | that does not have stated on it a deposit value as provided | ||||||
6 | under Section 25. | ||||||
7 | (b) A dealer may refuse to accept any type of container | ||||||
8 | that the dealer has not sold within the past 60 days. | ||||||
9 | (c) A dealer may refuse to accept and to pay the refund | ||||||
10 | value of any empty beverage container if the place of business | ||||||
11 | of the dealer and the kind and brand of empty beverage | ||||||
12 | containers are included in an order of the Agency approving a | ||||||
13 | redemption center under Section 30. | ||||||
14 | (d) An owner or operator of an establishment who sells | ||||||
15 | beverages for consumption only on the premises may refuse to | ||||||
16 | accept and to pay the refund value on an empty alcoholic liquor | ||||||
17 | container except from a consumer who has purchased and consumed | ||||||
18 | the beverage at that establishment. | ||||||
19 | (e) A manufacturer or distributor may refuse to accept and | ||||||
20 | to pay the refund value and reimbursement as provided in | ||||||
21 | Section 20 on any empty beverage container that was picked up | ||||||
22 | by a dealer agent from a dealer outside the geographic | ||||||
23 | territory served by that manufacturer or distributor. | ||||||
24 | (f) A distributor may refuse to accept beverage containers | ||||||
25 | from any person who is not a dealer in a quantity of fewer than | ||||||
26 | 300 containers of the type, size, or brand sold by the | ||||||
27 | distributor. | ||||||
28 | Section 25. Deposit value stated on container; exceptions. | ||||||
29 | (a) Each beverage container sold or offered for sale in | ||||||
30 | this State by a dealer shall clearly indicate by embossing or | ||||||
31 | by a stamp, label, or other method securely affixed to the | ||||||
32 | container the refund value of that container. The Agency shall | ||||||
33 | specify, by rule, the minimum size of the deposit value | ||||||
34 | indication on the beverage containers. |
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1 | (b) A distributor shall not import into this State after | ||||||
2 | January 1, 2006 a beverage container that does not have the | ||||||
3 | deposit value indication securely affixed to the container. | ||||||
4 | (c) A person may not bring beverage containers into this | ||||||
5 | State after January 1, 2006 that do not have the deposit value | ||||||
6 | indication securely affixed unless for each occurrence: | ||||||
7 | (1) For beverage containers containing alcoholic | ||||||
8 | liquor as defined in the Liquor Control Act of 1934, the | ||||||
9 | total capacity of the container is not more than one quart | ||||||
10 | or, in the case of alcoholic liquor personally obtained | ||||||
11 | outside the United States, one gallon. | ||||||
12 | (2) For beverage containers containing beer as defined | ||||||
13 | in the Liquor Control Act of 1934, the total capacity of | ||||||
14 | the container is not more than 288 fluid ounces. | ||||||
15 | (3) For all other beverage containers, the total | ||||||
16 | capacity of the container is not more than 565 fluid | ||||||
17 | ounces. | ||||||
18 | (d) The provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this | ||||||
19 | Section do not apply to a refillable glass beverage container | ||||||
20 | that has a brand name permanently marked on it and that has a | ||||||
21 | deposit value of greater than 5 cents, to any other refillable | ||||||
22 | beverage container that has a deposit value of not less than 5 | ||||||
23 | cents and that is exempted by the Director under rules adopted | ||||||
24 | by the Agency, or to a beverage container sold aboard a | ||||||
25 | commercial airliner or passenger train for consumption on the | ||||||
26 | premises. | ||||||
27 | Section 30. Redemption centers. | ||||||
28 | (a) To facilitate the return of empty beverage containers | ||||||
29 | and to serve dealers of beverages, any person may establish a | ||||||
30 | redemption center, subject to the approval of the Agency, at | ||||||
31 | which consumers may return empty beverage containers and | ||||||
32 | receive payment of the stated deposit value. | ||||||
33 | (b) An application for approval of a redemption center | ||||||
34 | shall be filed with the Agency. The application shall state the | ||||||
35 | name and address of the person responsible for the |
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1 | establishment and operation of the redemption center, the kind | ||||||
2 | and brand names of the beverage containers that will be | ||||||
3 | accepted at the redemption center, and the names and addresses | ||||||
4 | of the dealers to be served by the redemption center. The | ||||||
5 | application shall contain any other information that the | ||||||
6 | Director may reasonably require. | ||||||
7 | (c) The Agency shall approve a redemption center if it | ||||||
8 | finds that the redemption center will provide a convenient | ||||||
9 | service to consumers for the return of empty beverage | ||||||
10 | containers. The order of the Agency approving a redemption | ||||||
11 | center shall state the dealers to be served by the redemption | ||||||
12 | center and the kind and brand names of empty beverage | ||||||
13 | containers that the redemption center must accept. The order | ||||||
14 | may contain such other provisions to insure that the redemption | ||||||
15 | center will provide a convenient service to the public as the | ||||||
16 | Director may determine. | ||||||
17 | (d) The Agency may review the approval of any redemption | ||||||
18 | center at any time. After written notice to the person | ||||||
19 | responsible for the establishment and operation of the | ||||||
20 | redemption center, and to the dealers served by the redemption | ||||||
21 | center, the Agency may, after hearing, withdraw approval of the | ||||||
22 | redemption center if the Agency finds there has not been | ||||||
23 | compliance with the Agency's order approving the redemption | ||||||
24 | center, or if the redemption center no longer provides a | ||||||
25 | convenient service to the public. | ||||||
26 | (e) All approved redemption centers shall meet applicable | ||||||
27 | health standards.
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28 | Section 35. Snap-top cans prohibited. No person shall sell | ||||||
29 | or offer for sale at retail in this State any metal beverage | ||||||
30 | container so designed and constructed that a part of the | ||||||
31 | container is detachable in opening the container. | ||||||
32 | Section 40. Rules. The Agency shall adopt, upon | ||||||
33 | recommendation of the Director, the rules necessary to carry | ||||||
34 | out the provisions of this Act, subject to the provisions of |
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1 | the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. | ||||||
2 | Section 45. Appeals. Any person aggrieved by an order of | ||||||
3 | the Agency relating to the approval or withdrawal of approval | ||||||
4 | for a redemption center may seek judicial review of such order | ||||||
5 | as provided in the Administrative Review Law. | ||||||
6 | Section 50. Penalties. | ||||||
7 | (a) A person violating the provisions of Sections 10, 15, | ||||||
8 | 20, or 35 or a rule adopted pursuant to Section 40 of this Act | ||||||
9 | is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. | ||||||
10 | (b) A distributor who collects or attempts to collect a | ||||||
11 | deposit value on an empty beverage container when the | ||||||
12 | distributor has paid the deposit value on the container to a | ||||||
13 | dealer, redemption center, or consumer is guilty of a business | ||||||
14 | offense. | ||||||
15 | (c) Any person who does any of the following acts is guilty | ||||||
16 | of a business offense: | ||||||
17 | (1) Collects or attempts to collect the deposit value | ||||||
18 | on the container a second time, with the knowledge that the | ||||||
19 | deposit value has once been paid by the distributor to a | ||||||
20 | dealer, redemption center, or consumer. | ||||||
21 | (2) Manufactures, sells, possesses, or applies a false | ||||||
22 | or counterfeit label or indication to a beverage container | ||||||
23 | that shows or purports to show a deposit value for a | ||||||
24 | beverage container, with the intent to obtain a refund of | ||||||
25 | the deposit value for the false or counterfeit label or | ||||||
26 | indication. | ||||||
27 | (3) Collects or attempts to collect a deposit refund | ||||||
28 | value on a container with the use of a false or counterfeit | ||||||
29 | label or indication showing a deposit value, knowing the | ||||||
30 | label or indication to be false or counterfeit. | ||||||
31 | (d) As used in this Section, a false or counterfeit label | ||||||
32 | or indication means a label or indication purporting to show a | ||||||
33 | valid deposit value that has not been initially applied as | ||||||
34 | authorized by a distributor. |
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1 | Section 55. Distributor agreements authorized. A | ||||||
2 | distributor may enter into a contract or agreement with any | ||||||
3 | other distributor, manufacturer, or person for the purpose of | ||||||
4 | collecting or paying the deposit value on or disposing of | ||||||
5 | beverage containers. | ||||||
6 | Section 60. Redemption of refused nonrefillable metal | ||||||
7 | beverage containers. | ||||||
8 | (a) If the deposit value indication required under Section | ||||||
9 | 25 on an empty nonrefillable metal beverage container is | ||||||
10 | readable but the redemption of the container is lawfully | ||||||
11 | refused by a dealer or person operating a redemption center, | ||||||
12 | the container shall be accepted and the deposit value paid to a | ||||||
13 | consumer as provided for in this Section. Each beer distributor | ||||||
14 | selling nonrefillable metal beverage containers in this State | ||||||
15 | shall provide individually or collectively by contract or | ||||||
16 | agreement with a dealer, redemption center, or another person, | ||||||
17 | at least one facility in the county seat of each county where | ||||||
18 | refused empty nonrefillable metal beverage containers having a | ||||||
19 | readable deposit value indication as required by this Act are | ||||||
20 | accepted and redeemed. In counties having a population of | ||||||
21 | 100,000 or more, the number of the facilities provided shall be | ||||||
22 | one facility for every 100,000 population or a fractional part | ||||||
23 | of that population.
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24 | (b) A beer distributor violating this Section is guilty of | ||||||
25 | a Class C misdemeanor.
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26 | Section 65. Plastic cans prohibited. | ||||||
27 | (a) Beginning on the effective date of this Act, a person | ||||||
28 | shall not manufacture, offer for sale, or sell any | ||||||
29 | single-serving beverage container that is a plastic can nor | ||||||
30 | offer for sale or sell any beverage packaged in a | ||||||
31 | single-serving plastic can. For the purposes of this Section, a | ||||||
32 | "plastic can" means a beverage container that, in addition to | ||||||
33 | the closure mechanism, is composed of plastic and metal. |
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1 | (b) A person violating this section is guilty of a Class A | ||||||
2 | misdemeanor.
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3 | Section 70. Disposal at sanitary landfill prohibited. | ||||||
4 | Beginning one year after the effective date of this Act, the | ||||||
5 | final disposal of beverage containers by a dealer, distributor, | ||||||
6 | manufacturer, or a person operating a redemption center in a | ||||||
7 | sanitary landfill is prohibited. Beginning one year after the | ||||||
8 | effective date of this Act, the final disposal of beverage | ||||||
9 | containers used to contain alcoholic liquor, as defined in the | ||||||
10 | Liquor Control Act of 1934, by a dealer, distributor, | ||||||
11 | manufacturer, or redemption center in a sanitary landfill is | ||||||
12 | prohibited. | ||||||
13 | Section 75. Unclaimed deposits. All moneys deposited into | ||||||
14 | the Illinois Container Fee and Deposit Fund and not passed on | ||||||
15 | to the consumer through bottle redemption shall be used by the | ||||||
16 | Agency to administer this Act, with excess funds to be | ||||||
17 | disbursed by the Agency in the following manner: | ||||||
18 | (1) 75% to environmental and conservation-related | ||||||
19 | programs, as determined by the Agency; and | ||||||
20 | (2)25% to each distributor, proportionally determined by | ||||||
21 | the amount of beverage containers each distributor has sold | ||||||
22 | in this State during the previous complete period from | ||||||
23 | January 1 to December 30 after promulgation of this Act. | ||||||
24 | Section 80. Local powers. Nothing in this Act is intended | ||||||
25 | to limit the municipal or county power granted in the Solid | ||||||
26 | Waste Planning and Recycling Act to establish or operate a | ||||||
27 | recycling or redemption center.
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28 | Section 900. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
29 | Section
5.640 as follows:
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30 | (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)
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31 | Sec. 5.640. The Illinois Container Fee and Deposit Fund.
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