Title XI, NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)

Judicial review of any order or other action of the commission or director may be sought in accordance with the terms of chapter 17A . Notwithstanding the terms of chapter 17A , petitions for judicial review may be filed in the district court of the county in which the alleged of…

1. The attorney general, on request of the department, shall institute any legal proceedings necessary to obtain compliance with an order of the commission or the director, including proceedings for a temporary injunction, or prosecuting any person for a violation of an order of …

A bottle bill fund is established in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to section 455C.12, subsection 7 , and any other moneys appropriated to or deposited in the fund. Moneys in the fund are ap…

1. A distributor, dealer, or redemption center may enter into a contract or agreement with any other distributor, manufacturer, or person for the purpose of collecting or disposing of beverage containers as provided in this chapter . 2. For purposes of this chapter , any contract…

1. If the refund value indication required under section 455C.5 on an empty nonrefillable metal beverage container is readable but the redemption of the container is lawfully refused by a dealer or person operating a redemption center under other sections of this chapter or rules…

The final disposal of beverage containers, including the final disposal of beverage containers that used to contain alcoholic liquor as defined in section 123.3, subsection 4 , by a participating dealer, distributor, manufacturer, or redemption center in a sanitary landfill is pr…

Any amount of refund value or handling fees possessed by a distributor after the distributor has made payments required pursuant to this chapter shall be considered the property of the distributor. 2022 Acts, ch 1139, §17, 20

1. A refund value of five cents shall be paid by the consumer on each beverage container sold in this state by a dealer for consumption off the premises. Upon return of the empty beverage container upon which a refund value has been paid to a participating dealer or redemption ce…

Except as provided in section 455C.4 : 1. A participating dealer shall not refuse to accept from a consumer any empty beverage container of the kind, size, and brand sold by the participating dealer, or refuse to pay to the consumer the refund value of a beverage container as pro…

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…

1. a. Each beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state by a dealer shall clearly indicate the refund value of the container by embossing or by a stamp, label, or other method securely affixed to the container. The department shall specify, by rule, the minimum size …

1. To facilitate the return of empty beverage containers and to serve dealers of beverages, any person may establish a redemption center, subject to the approval of the department, at which consumers may return empty beverage containers and receive payment of the refund value of …

Any person may establish a redemption center which has not been approved by the department, at which a consumer may return empty beverage containers and receive payment of the refund value of the beverage containers. The establishment of an unapproved redemption center shall not …

The commission shall adopt, upon recommendation of the director, the rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter , subject to the provisions of chapter 17A . [C79, 81, §455C.9 ]