HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1096 FILED ON: 1/19/2011 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1773 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Tom Sannicandro _______________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying: An Act to further recycling across the Commonwealth. _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Tom Sannicandro | 7th Middlesex | Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1096 FILED ON: 1/19/2011 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1773 By Mr. Sannicandro of Ashland, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1773) of Tom Sannicandro and Carolyn C. Dykema relative to reverse vending machine bottle and can deposit redemption. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act to further recycling across the Commonwealth.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 323 of Chapter 94 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition is hereby amended inserting after the word s “at the location at which the dealer obtains” the following:- “any” SECTION 2. Section 323 of Chapter 94 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting at the end the following paragraph:- (j) “The distributor must authorize for acceptance from any and all dealers utilizing reverse vending machines for deposit redemption all containers sold exclusively by said distributor to any dealer in the past sixty days. The distributor must also authorize for acceptance from a dealer utilizing reverse vending machines for deposit redemption any container sold specifically to that dealer. Bottlers of any multi-store dealer’s private label or exclusive brand container or the dealer itself must authorize for acceptance from any and all dealers utilizing reverse vending machines for deposit redemption all containers sold by said multi-store dealer in the past sixty days.” |
