1. (1) Any person may establish a dealer redemption center, as provided in this section, to serve a dealer.

2. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 459A.700 to 459A.754, a dealer redemption center must:

   1. (a) Provide secure drop off service at no charge for empty beverage containers to be returned by any person for the refund value established by ORS 459A.705 in a bag or other bulk return container sold for that purpose;
   2. (b) Provide an accounting mechanism by which a person may redeem the refund value of beverage containers returned in bulk and access the refund value of the beverage containers through an accounting mechanism that is accessible on the premises and that makes the refund value available no later than one week after the person drops off the beverage containers;
   3. (c) Be serviced by a distributor cooperative for purposes of transporting and processing redeemed beverage containers;
   4. (d) Be available for persons to return beverage containers to the dealer redemption center during any time that a participating dealer is open between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.; and
   5. (e) Be of a sufficient capacity to provide convenient service to the public as the commission may determine.
3. (3) A dealer redemption center may provide services other than those specified in subsection (2) of this section as determined necessary by the person responsible for operation of the dealer redemption center.

4. (4) A distributor cooperative that services dealer redemption centers shall:

   1. (a) Provide notice to the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission no later than 14 days after the date that a dealer redemption center:

      1. (A) Begins providing drop off service to persons for the return of empty beverage containers; or
      2. (B) Ceases operations; and
   2. (b) Annually provide to the commission the names and addresses of the dealers served by all dealer redemption centers serviced by the distributor cooperative, and such additional information as the commission may require.

5. (5)

   1. (a) A dealer that participates in, is served by and pays the cost of participation in a dealer redemption center may, notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 459A.700 to 459A.754, refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of more than 24 individual empty beverage containers returned by any one person during one day.
   2. (b) If a dealer redemption center is established in a city having a population of less than 10,000 people, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission shall specify a dealer redemption center convenience zone. The dealer redemption center convenience zone shall be the sector within a radius of not more than one mile around the dealer redemption center. Any dealer doing business within a dealer redemption center convenience zone may participate in, be served by and pay the cost of participation in the dealer redemption center and receive the benefit provided for in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
   3. (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, a dealer that establishes a dealer redemption center at the dealer’s location within the limits of a city with a population greater than 500,000 may refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of empty beverage containers at that location.

[2019 c.279 §3; 2021 c.351 §34; 2025 c.266 §10]