27-1013 - Redemption centers.
§ 27-1013. Redemption centers. The commissioner is hereby empowered to promulgate rules and regulations governing (1) the circumstances in which dealers and distributors, individually or collectively, are required to accept the return of empty beverage containers, and make payment therefor; (2) the sorting of the containers which a deposit initiator or distributor may require of dealers and redemption centers; (3) the collection of returned beverage containers by deposit initiators or distributors, including the party to whom such expense is to be charged, the frequency of such pick ups and the payment for refunds and handling fees thereon; (4) the right of dealers to restrict or limit the number of containers redeemed, the rules for redemption at the dealers' place of business, and the redemption of containers from a beverage for which sales have been discontinued, and to issue permits to persons, firms or corporations which establish redemption centers, subject to applicable provisions of local and state laws, at which redeemers and dealers may return empty beverage containers and receive payment of the refund value of such beverage containers. No dealer or distributor, as defined in section 27-1003 of this title, shall be required to obtain a permit to operate a redemption center at the same location as the dealer's or distributor's place of business. Operators of such redemption centers shall receive payment of the refund value of each beverage container from the appropriate deposit initiator or distributor as provided under section 27-1007 of this title.