2024 House Bill 5421

Trade: containers; hours of operation for dealers to refund bottle deposits; provide for.

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.

AI Analysis – Experimental

The bill amends the 1976 IL 1 law to enhance regulations on returnable beverage containers, mandating convenient return and refund processes, prohibiting nonreturnable containers, and defining specific operational hours for these activities.