§342G-111 Sales of beverages in deposit beverage containers; distributor report; fee and deposit payment. (a) By January 1, 2005, every deposit beverage distributor who pays a deposit to the department shall charge the dealer or consumer a deposit equal to the refund value for each deposit beverage container sold in Hawaii. The deposit charge may appear as a separate line item on the invoice.
(b) Each dealer shall charge the consumer the deposit beverage container deposit at the point of sale of the beverage, excluding sales for on-premises consumption. The deposit charge may appear as a separate line item on the invoice.
(c) Each deposit beverage distributor shall generate and submit to the department a monthly report on the net number of deposit beverage containers sold, donated, or transferred by container size and type. All information contained in the reports, including confidential commercial and financial information, shall be treated as confidential and protected to the extent allowed by state law.
(d) Payment of the deposit beverage container fee and deposits as described in section 342G-110 shall be made monthly based on reports of the deposit beverage distributors under subsection (c).
(e) Beginning January 1, 2005, a deposit beverage distributor who annually imports or manufactures one hundred thousand or fewer deposit beverage containers may submit reports and payments required under subsections (c) and (d) on a semi-annual basis; provided that the semi-annual report and payment period shall end on June 30 and December 31 of each year.
(f) The amount due from a deposit beverage distributor shall be the net number of deposit beverage containers sold multiplied by the sum of the prevailing deposit beverage container fee and the deposit value of 5 cents. Payment shall be made by check or money order payable to the "Department of Health, State of Hawaii". All reports and payments shall be made no later than the fifteenth day of the month following the end of the previous payment period.
(g) The department may allow dealers to charge customers the refund value beginning November 1, 2004; provided that the deposit beverage containers are clearly marked with the refund value and the deposit beverage distributor has paid the refund value on each container to the department. The dealer shall inform customers that the deposits paid prior to January 1, 2005, shall not be redeemable until January 1, 2005. [L 2002, c 176, pt of §2; am L 2004, c 241, §5; am L 2007, c 285, §5]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
342G. Integrated Solid Waste Management
342G-2 Solid waste management priorities.
342G-12 Office of solid waste management, establishment.
342G-13 Powers and duties of the department.
342G-14 Powers and duties of the office of solid waste management.
342G-21 Establishment of county integrated solid waste management plans.
342G-22 Development of county integrated solid waste management plans.
342G-23 State review of county integrated solid waste management plans.
342G-24 Submission schedule for revised integrated solid waste management plans.
342G-25 Contents of county integrated solid waste management plans.
342G-26 Contents of the program element.
342G-27 Contents of the facility capacity and siting element.
342G-29 Revisions to the state integrated solid waste management plan.
342G-41 Goals for recycled product procurement.
342G-42 Office responsibilities for recycled products procurement.
342G-45 Establishment of an office paper and other materials recovery program.
342G-46 Coordination of bioconversion programs.
342G-47 State agency responsibilities in the promotion of bioconversion.
342G-48 Recycling market development.
342G-61 Solid waste collection surcharge.
342G-62 Solid waste disposal surcharge.
342G-63 Establishment of the environmental management special fund.
342G-64 Administration of the environmental management special fund.
342G-83 Glass container importers; registration, recordkeeping requirements.
342G-84 Deposit into environmental management special fund; distribution to counties.
342G-85 Container inventory report and payment.
342G-86 County glass recovery programs; requirements.
342G-87 Contract for administrative services.
342G-101.5 Commercial passenger vessels; exemption.
342G-102 Deposit beverage container fee.
342G-103 Deposit beverage distributors; registration, recordkeeping requirements.
342G-104 Deposit into deposit beverage container deposit special fund; use of funds.
342G-105 Deposit beverage container inventory report and payment.
342G-106 Contract for administrative services.
342G-107 Management and financial audit.
342G-110 Payment and application of deposits.
342G-112 Deposit beverage container requirements.
342G-113 Redemption of empty deposit beverage containers.
342G-115 Reverse vending machine requirements.
342G-116 Refusal of refund value payment for a deposit beverage container.
342G-117 Handling fees and refund values for certified redemption centers.
342G-119 Redemption center reporting.