Connecticut SB 516: AN ACT CONCERNING SINGLE PARTY CONSENT TO THE RECORDING OF A CONVERSATION.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 516
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 3319

Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
BONDING

Introduced by:
(FIN)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REDEMPTION RATE AND REFUND
VALUE OF BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) (1) To evaluate the effectiveness 1
of the antifraud and enforcement measures enacted pursuant to public 2
act 26-2, the Commissioner of Revenue Services shall, not later than 3
February 15, 2027, determine for calendar year 2026 the state-wide 4
average redemption rate of all beverage containers, as defined in section 5
22a-243 of the general statutes, and the redemption rate of beverage 6
containers for each deposit initiator. If the commissioner determines 7
that the state-wide redemption rate or the redemption rate of any 8
deposit initiator was more than one hundred per cent for calendar year 9
2026, notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) 10
of section 22a-244 of the general statutes, the refund value under said 11
subdivision shall be reduced to five cents, effective July 1, 2027, or as 12
soon as practicable thereafter for the beverage industry to implement 13
the change. 14

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(2) The refund value shall remain at five cents until such time as the 15
commissioner certifies, based on irrefutable evidence, that one hundred 16
per cent of the beverage containers redeemed in this state are beverage 17
containers originally sold in this state. 18
(b) Each deposit initiator that submitted a quarterly report pursuant 19
to section 22a-245a of the general statutes that properly reported a 20
negative balance in such deposit initiator's special account during the 21
fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, where such negative 22
balance resulted from the overredemption of beverage containers and 23
the payment of handling fees associated therewith, may apply to the 24
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in the form and 25
manner prescribed by the secretary, for full reimbursement of the 26
financial loss to the deposit initiator as a result of the overredemption of 27
beverage containers. 28
(c) Nothing in this section shall affect the rate of the handling fee set 29
forth in subsection (d) of section 22a-245 of the general statutes. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage New section

FIN Joint Favorable