The article said he did want to expand the law to other kinds of beverages.

laura belin wrote:

>This Des Moines Register article is not that
>well-written. Does anyone know more details?
>
>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080112/NEWS10/801120328/1001/NEWS
>
>Excerpt:
>Gov. Chet Culver said Friday that he will ask the
>Legislature to double the 5-cent deposit collected on
>bottles and cans, using a share of the new money to
>fund the state's centerpiece environmental program.
>
>Culver told the Associated Press during an interview
>that expanding the bottle deposit law and using the
>bulk of the proceeds to finance the Resource
>Enhancement and Protection Program would bring
>together two significant environmental efforts.
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>
>He called the environmental fund "one of the most
>successful environmental programs in the state's
>history" and said doubling the bottle deposit would
>continue its success.
>
>Under Culver's plan, grocery stores and other
>retailers that collect the 10-cent deposit would be
>allowed to keep a penny to cover the costs of handling
>returned bottles and cans, and 1 cent under the new
>rate would go to the environmental program. Consumers
>would get back 8 cents of their 10-cent deposit, said
>Culver spokesman Brad Anderson.
>
>______
>
>
>If I am reading this correctly, it means the governor
>does not want to double the amount retailers get to
>keep for handling the cans and bottles--does anyone
>know if that's correct? 
>
>I thought it was pretty well agreed that handlers need
>to be able to keep two cents rather than just a penny,
>which is what they've gotten for the last 30 years.
>
>Also, I'm not clear on whether the governor would
>expand the bill to cover beverage containers that are
>not currently subject to the deposit. Anyone know?
>
>Do people think tying REAP funding to this would be on
>balance a good thing or a bad thing?
>
>Laurie Belin
>
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