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1. Except as provided in section 455C.5, subsection 3, a dealer, a redemption center, a
distributor, or a manufacturer may refuse to accept any empty beverage container that does
not have stated on it a refund value as provided under section 455C.2.
2. a. A dealer may refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of any empty beverage
container if any of the following apply:
(1)The dealer holds a food establishment license under chapter 137F to prepare or serve
food, has a certified food protection manager as required by the 2017 United States food and
drug administration food code and supplement, and sells time/temperature control for safety
food as defined in section 137F.2.
(2)The dealer has entered an agreement with an approved redemption center for the
operation of a mobile redemptio
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1. Except as provided in section 455C.5, subsection 3, a dealer, a redemption center, a
distributor, or a manufacturer may refuse to accept any empty beverage container that does
not have stated on it a refund value as provided under section 455C.2.
2. a. A dealer may refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of any empty beverage
container if any of the following apply:
(1) The dealer holds a food establishment license under chapter 137F to prepare or serve
food, has a certified food protection manager as required by the 2017 United States food and
drug administration food code and supplement, and sells time/temperature control for safety
food as defined in section 137F.2.
(2) The dealer has entered an agreement with an approved redemption center for the
operation of a mobile redemption system and all of the following apply:
(a) The dealer provides adequate space, utilities, and internet connection to operate the
mobile redemption system.
(b) The agreement does not require additional payment to the dealer or the mobile
redemption system.
(3) The dealer’s place of business is in a county with a population of more than thirty
thousand and within ten miles of an approved redemption center or if the dealer’s place of
business is in a county with a population of thirty thousand or fewer and within fifteen miles
of an approved redemption center.
b. A dealer who refuses to accept and to pay the refund value on any empty beverage
container pursuant to this subsection shall conspicuously display on the front door of the
dealer’s place of business a notice that the dealer does not accept empty beverage containers.
The notice shall also provide the location of the nearest approved redemption center to
the dealer’s place of business. After the department has made available an electronic
method for locating approved redemption centers pursuant to paragraph “c”, a dealer may
direct consumers to such electronic method instead of providing the location of the nearest
approved redemption center on the notice.
c. The department shall make available to the public an electronic method of locating
approved redemption centers.
d. Adealerwhoprovidesspaceforamobileredemptionsystempursuanttoparagraph“a”,
subparagraph (2), shall not be considered to be in violation of any county or city ordinance
that would otherwise limit the ability of the dealer to provide such space as long as the mobile
redemption system operates in a location that is not zoned primarily for residential purposes.
3. A class “E” retail alcohol licensee may refuse to accept and to pay the refund value
on an empty alcoholic liquor container from a participating dealer or a redemption center or
from a person acting on behalf of or who has received empty alcoholic liquor containers from
a participating dealer or a redemption center.
4. A manufacturer or distributor may refuse to accept and to pay the refund value and
reimbursement as provided in section 455C.2 on any empty beverage container that was
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picked up by a dealer agent outside the geographic territory served by the manufacturer or
distributor.