Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 455C - Beverage Containers Control

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Beverage: means wine as defined in section 123. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Beverage container: means any sealed glass, plastic, or metal bottle, can, jar, or carton containing a beverage. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Commission: means the environmental protection commission of the department. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Consumer: means any person who purchases a beverage in a beverage container for use or consumption. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Dealer: means any person who engages in the sale of beverages in beverage containers to a consumer. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Dealer agent: means a person who solicits or picks up empty beverage containers for the purpose of returning the empty beverage containers to a distributor or manufacturer. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Department: means the department of natural resources created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Director: means the director of the department. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Distributor: means any person who engages in the sale of beverages in beverage containers to a dealer in this state, including any manufacturer who engages in such sales. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Geographic territory: means the geographical area within a perimeter formed by the outermost boundaries served by a distributor. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Internet: means the federated international system that is composed of allied electronic communication networks linked by telecommunication channels, that uses standardized protocols, and that facilitates electronic communication services, including but not limited to use of the world wide web; the transmission of electronic mail or messages; the transfer of files and data or other electronic information; and the transmission of voice, image, and video. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Manufacturer: means any person who bottles, cans, or otherwise fills beverage containers for sale to distributors or dealers. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Mobile redemption system: means a redemption center location at which a consumer may return empty beverage containers on which a refund value has been paid that uses innovative technology to process empty beverage containers and return the amount of the refund value to consumers. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Nonrefillable beverage container: means a beverage container not intended to be refilled for sale by a manufacturer. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Operate: means to navigate or otherwise use a vessel or motorboat. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Participating dealer: means a dealer who accepts the return of empty beverage containers from a consumer. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Passenger: means a person carried on board a vessel, including the operator, and anyone towed by a vessel on water skis, surfboards, inner tubes, or similar devices. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Redemption center: means a facility at which consumers may return empty beverage containers and receive payment for the refund value of the empty beverage containers. See Iowa Code 455C.1
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• week: means seven consecutive days. See Iowa Code 4.1