A bill has been proposed by Brunkhorst and Bartz, which we should oppose.


A separate bill has been proposed in the House by Rep. Betty Grundberg
which we should support.
HF 69 Introduced by Betty Grundberg: expands containers and increases the
handling fee.


The following message is from Garth Frable who has been the coordinator of
the coalition working to expand the bottle bill.  This group is called
Beautiful Land Coaltion, not to be confused with Keep Iowa Beautiful.
Please be aware of this difference.

Jane Clark
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> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Please Lobby On The Bottle Bill Tomorrow
> Date: January 24, 2001 5:01 PM
>
> I ask that if you are up at the Statehouse tomorrow that you please call
out
> Republicans and paint the Brunkhorst and Bartz bill as follows: Their
> proposal will increase litter, create more big government, place unfunded

> mandates on our local governments, and eliminate the corporate
responsibility
> built into the Bottle Bill. Governor Branstad refered to this proposal as

> "Big Government" -- we must call this bill what it is -- big money and
> lobbyist driven -- against the will of people.

From IEC
BOTTLE BILL UPDATE.  Representative Shoultz from Waterloo has a draft of
the Beautiful Land Coalition's(BLC) expansion proposal.  I have been told
that Senator Bartz is studying a proposal which would place a 5¢ tax on
containers which would be funneled to the DNR to expand curbside
collection.  During Thursday's HEPC meeting, committee members quizzed
Representative Hahn, chairperson, on his intentions on the issue.  He
stated the Interim Committee held two meetings - the first with only Garth
Frable outlining the BLC's expansion proposal as well as numerous recycling
and litter facts.  The second was dominated by the opponents of expansion.
Several groups supporting the expansion wished to speak, but no time was
allowed.  Chairperson Hahn stated they were trying to get another meeting
of the committee.  He also said maybe the General Assembly should wait for
a litter survey that is to be conducted under the sponsorship of Keep Iowa
Beautiful.  My impression was that Representative Hahn didn't wish to deal
with the issue this year if at all and he has control over bills coming out
of his committee unless there is pressure from House leadership.

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