California Statutes
§ 319.5. — 319.5. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 456, Sec. 1.)
California·Code PEN Penal Code - PEN·Title 9.·Part 1. TITLE 9. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS·Ch. 9. CHAPTER 9. Lotteries
Neither this chapter nor Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 330) applies to the possession or operation of a reverse vending machine. As used in this section a reverse vending machine is a machine in which empty beverage containers are deposited for recycling and which provides a payment of money, merchandise, vouchers, or other incentives at a frequency less than upon each deposit. The pay out of a reverse vending machine is made on a deposit selected at random within the designated number of required deposits.
The deposit of an empty beverage container in a reverse vending machine does
not constitute consideration within the definition of lottery in Section 319.
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Legislative History
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 456, Sec. 1. Effective July 8, 1982.
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