SENATE BILL No. 1198

 

 

March 3, 2010, Introduced by Senators JELINEK and PAPPAGEORGE and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 2008 PA 388, entitled

 

"Beverage container redemption antifraud act,"

 

(MCL 445.631 to 445.643) by adding section 12.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 12. The department shall identify each reverse vending

 

machine that does not comply with section 7(1) or 9(1) of the

 

reverse vending machine antifraud act, 2008 PA 387, MCL 445.657 and

 

445.659; that is operated by a dealer in a county described in

 

section 7(2); and that may be eligible for a payment for

 

retrofitting under this act. All of the following apply concerning

 

this identification:

 

     (a) The department shall use the information provided by

 

dealers in the reports it receives from dealers under section 13 to


 

identify the reverse vending machines described in this subsection.

 

     (b) By November 26, 2010, and by April 1 of each subsequent

 

year, the department shall notify each dealer that operates a

 

reverse vending machine described in this subsection that the

 

reverse vending machine does not comply with the reverse vending

 

machine antifraud act, 2008 PA 387, MCL 445.651 to 445.669, and

 

that the machine may be eligible for a payment for retrofitting

 

under this act.

 

     (c) If the department provides notice under subdivision (b) to

 

a dealer that operates a reverse vending machine that processes

 

metal beverage containers and does not meet the requirements of

 

section 7(1) of the reverse vending machine antifraud act, 2008 PA

 

387, MCL 445.657, the department is not required to provide an

 

additional notice to the dealer if that reverse vending machine, or

 

another reverse vending machine operated by the dealer and

 

described in this subsection, processes glass or plastic beverage

 

containers; does not meet the requirements of section 9(1) of the

 

reverse vending machine antifraud act, 2008 PA 387, MCL 445.659;

 

and is eligible for a payment under this act for retrofitting to

 

process glass or plastic beverage containers.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 1197                                   

 

          of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.