(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 459A.700 to 459A.744, a dealer redemption center must:
(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;
(b) Provide an accounting mechanism by which a person may redeem the refund value of beverage containers returned in bulk either immediately in cash from a dealer participating in the dealer redemption center or no later than one week after the beverage containers are dropped off;
(c) Be serviced by a distributor cooperative for purposes of transporting and processing redeemed beverage containers;
(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
(e) Be of a sufficient capacity to provide convenient service to the public as the commission may determine.
(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) A distributor cooperative that services dealer redemption centers shall:
(a) Provide notice to the commission no later than 14 days after the date that a dealer redemption center:
(A) Begins providing drop off service to persons for the return of empty beverage containers; or
(B) Ceases operations; and
(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)(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.744, 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.
(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. [2019 c.279 §3; 2021 c.351 §34]