Pub. Resources Code, § 14574 · Chapter 6. Returns
Pub. Resources Code, § 14574
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) (1) A distributor of beverage containers shall pay to the department the redemption payment for every beverage container, other than a refillable beverage container, sold or transferred to a dealer, less 1.5 percent for the distributor’s administrative costs.
(2) The payment made by a distributor shall be made not later than the last day of the month following the sale. The distributor shall make the payment in the form and manner that the department prescribes.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if a distributor displays a pattern of operation in compliance with this division and the regulations adopted pursuant to this division, to the satisfaction of the department, the distributor may make a single annual payment of redemption payments, if the distributor’s projected redemption payment for a calendar year totals less than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).
(2) An annual redemption payment made pursuant to this subdivision is due and payable on or before February 1 for every beverage container sold or transferred by the distributor to a dealer in the previous calendar year.
(3) A distributor shall notify the department of its intent to make an annual redemption payment pursuant to this subdivision on or before January 31 of the calendar year for which the payment will be due.
(c) This section shall become effective on July 1, 2012.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended (as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 262) by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 94. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012. Section operative July 1, 2012, pursuant to its own provisions.
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Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pub. Resources Code, § 14574. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Public Resources Code
- Pub. Resources Code, § 14536Printed as Sections 14538, 14539, 14541, 14549.1, 14549.2, 14549.7, 14550, 14561, 14574, 14575, 14585, 14588.1, 14588.2, and 14591
- Pub. Resources Code, § 14550Printed as Section 14574
- Pub. Resources Code, § 14561Printed as Section 14574
- Pub. Resources Code, § 14580Printed as Section 14574
- Pub. Resources Code, § 14591Printed as Section 14574
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