BEV. CONTAINER ORIG & ENFORCEMENT                                                 H.B. 4780-4783 (S-1):

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                                                                                                                                                                            ON THIRD READING

House Bills 4780 and 4781 (as reported by the Committee of the Whole)

House Bill 4782 (Substitute S-1 as reported by the Committee of the Whole)

House Bill 4783 (Substitute S-1 as reported by the Committee of the Whole)

Sponsor:   Representative Mike Mueller (H.B. 4780)

                            Representative Andrew Fink (H.B. 4781)

                            Representative Tim Sneller (H.B. 4782)

                            Representative Tyrone A. Carter (H.B. 4783)

House Committee:   Regulatory Reform

                                                        Rules and Competitiveness

Senate Committee:   Regulatory Reform

CONTENT

House Bill 4781 would amend the beverage container deposit law to require a distributor selling a dealer a nonalcoholic beverage to originate a 10-cent deposit on the container at the time of sale to the dealer and maintain a record of that deposit.

House Bill 4783 (S-1) would amend the beverage container deposit law to prescribe misdemeanor and felony penalties of varying severity for violations of House Bill 4781.

House Bill 4782 (S-1) would amend the sentencing guidelines within the Code of Criminal Procedure to include the felonies proposed under House Bill 4783 (S-1).

House Bill 4780 would amend the beverage container deposit law to do the following:

 --     Create the "Bottle Bill Enforcement Fund" within the Department of the Treasury.

 --     Require the first $1.0 million deposited into the Bottle Deposit Fund to be disbursed to the Bottle Bill Enforcement Fund for the Department of State Police (MSP) to use to enforce the law.

 --     Specify that if the Bottle Bill Enforcement Fund balance exceeded $3.0 million at the end of a fiscal year, deposits into the Bottle Bill Enforcement Fund would be suspended until the balance fell below $2.0 million.

 --     Require the MSP, three years after the bill's effective date, to report to the Legislature on the efficacy of its enforcement of the law.

House Bill 4780 is tie-barred to House Bills 4781 through 4783. House Bill 4781 is tie-barred to House Bill 4783. House Bill 4782 (S-1) is tie-barred to House Bill 4783. House Bill 4783 (S-1) is tie-barred to House Bill 4782. Each of the bills would take effect 90 days after its enactment.

MCL 445.573c (H.B. 4780)                                                 Legislative Analyst:   Stephen Jackson

Proposed MCL 445.574c (H.B. 4781)

MCL 771.14h (H.B. 4782)

MCL 445.574 (H.B 4783)

FISCAL IMPACT

House Bills 4780 and 4781 would have a minor fiscal impact on State government and no fiscal impact on local unit