A bill to amend 1976 IL 1, entitled “A petition to initiate legislation to provide for the use of returnable containers for soft drinks, soda water, carbonated natural or mineral water, other nonalcoholic carbonated drink, and for beer, ale, or other malt drink of whatever alcoholic content, and for certain other beverage containers; to provide for the use of unredeemed bottle deposits; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and officials; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies,” by amending sections 1, 2a, and 4 (MCL 445.571, 445.572a, and 445.574), section 1 as amended by 1989 PA 93, section 2a as added by 2008 PA 389, and section 4 as amended by 2021 PA 142, and by adding sections 2b and 2c.
House Bills 6054 and 6055 update Michigan's bottle deposit law by expanding container definitions, requiring unique markings for redemption, mandating manual redemption when machines fail, enhancing consumer rights notifications, and strengthening penalties for fraud and noncompliance.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform
