1. (1) The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission shall specify a convenience zone for an alternative access redemption center and a convenience zone for a mobile or satellite redemption site as provided in this section. The convenience zone specified for:

   1. (a) An alternative access redemption center shall be a contiguous area, the boundaries of which do not exceed three and one-half miles from the location of the alternative access redemption center at any point.
   2. (b) A mobile or satellite redemption site shall be located within an area that extends from the outer edge of the convenience zone specified for the alternative access redemption center with which the satellite or mobile redemption site is associated to a boundary that is no more than five miles from the alternative access redemption center at any point.
2. (2) All dealers doing business within a convenience zone specified under this section that occupy a space of 5,000 or more square feet in a single area may participate in, be served by and be charged the cost of participation in the alternative access redemption center and, if such a dealer participates in, is served by and pays the cost of participation in the alternative access redemption center, the dealer may, notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 459A.700 to 459A.754, refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of empty beverage containers.

3. (3)

   1. (a) All dealers doing business within the convenience zone that occupy a space of less than 5,000 square feet in a single area 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) Notwithstanding ORS 459A.715, the requirement to accept and pay the refund value of beverage containers described in this subsection applies during the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. while the dealer is otherwise open for business.

4. (4)

   1. (a) Any dealer, other than a dealer that operates a dealer redemption center, doing business within a convenience zone specified under this section that occupies a space of 5,000 or more square feet in a single area that does not participate in, and is not served by, the alternative access redemption center may not refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of up to 350 individual empty beverage containers, as established by ORS 459A.705, returned by any one person during one day and must, beginning on the date that the alternative access redemption center begins accepting beverage containers, provide services equivalent to those provided by the alternative access redemption center under ORS 459A.745, including hand counting and drop off service.

   2. (b) In addition to complying with the requirements specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection, a dealer described in paragraph (a) of this subsection must:

      1. (A) Post in each area where beverage containers are received a clearly visible and legible sign that contains the list of services that must be provided by the dealer; and
      2. (B) Provide two automated reverse vending machines capable of processing metal, plastic and glass beverage containers, or one automated reverse vending machine capable of processing metal, plastic and glass beverage containers for each 500,000 beverage containers sold by the dealer in the previous calendar year, whichever is greater.

   3. (c)

      1. (A) The provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection do not apply to a dealer described in paragraph (a) of this subsection if the dealer sold fewer than 100,000 beverage containers in the previous calendar year. To be eligible for the exemption under this paragraph, the dealer must report to the commission the number of beverage containers sold by the dealer in the previous calendar year.

      2. (B) The report required under this paragraph must be submitted by the dealer:

         1. (i) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, no later than 60 days after issuance of the notice required under ORS 459A.745 (5); and
         2. (ii) No later than January 1 of each calendar year following the year that the notice under ORS 459A.745 (5) was issued and for which the dealer intends to claim the exemption.
   4. (d) The commission shall ensure compliance with this subsection by a dealer described in paragraph (a) of this subsection that is not subject to an exemption under paragraph (c) of this subsection.

5. (5) A dealer that plans to begin doing business within a convenience zone specified under this section after the date that the alternative access redemption center associated with the convenience zone begins accepting beverage containers shall, not less than 60 days prior to the date that the dealer begins doing business:

   1. (a) Provide notice to the commission explaining whether the dealer will or will not participate in, be served by and pay the cost of participation in the alternative access redemption center; and
   2. (b) If the dealer will not participate in the alternative access redemption center and will claim an exemption under subsection (4)(c) of this section, provide documentation of compliance with the requirements for nonparticipating dealers under this section and an estimate of the number of beverage containers that the dealer expects to sell during the first calendar year that the dealer does business within the convenience zone.

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