Section 459A.738 - Convenience zones(1) For each full-service redemption center, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission shall specify up to two convenience zones. The first convenience zone shall be the sector within a radius of not more than two miles around the full-service redemption center. The second convenience zone shall be the sector beginning at the border of the first convenience zone and continuing to a radius of not more than three and one-half miles around the full-service redemption center. The convenience zones shall be based to the greatest extent practicable upon the proposals submitted as part of the application for approval of the full-service redemption center under ORS 459A.735.(2) All dealers doing business within the first convenience zone 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 full-service redemption center and, if such a dealer participates in, is served by and pays the cost of participation in the full-service redemption center, the dealer may, notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 459A.700 to 459A.744, refuse to accept and to pay the refund value of empty beverage containers.(3) All dealers doing business within the second convenience zone 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 full-service redemption center and, if such a dealer participates in, is served by and pays the cost of participation in the full-service redemption center, the dealer 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.(4) All dealers doing business within either 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.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.(5)(a) Any dealer doing business within either convenience zone 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 full-service 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 full-service redemption center begins accepting beverage containers, provide services equivalent to those provided by the redemption center under ORS 459A.737(2), including hand counting and drop off service.(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:(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(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.(c)(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, a dealer described in paragraph (a) of this subsection must report to the commission the number of beverage containers sold by the dealer in the previous calendar year.(B) The report required under this paragraph must be submitted by a dealer: (i) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, no later than 60 days after issuance of the notice required under ORS 459A.735(5); and(ii) No later than January 1 of each calendar year following the year that the notice under ORS 459A.735(5) was issued and for which the dealer intends to claim the exemption.(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.(6) A dealer that plans to begin doing business within either convenience zone after the date that the full-service 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: (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 full-service redemption center; and(b) If the dealer will not participate in the redemption center and will claim an exemption under subsection (5)(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.(7) The provisions of subsections (2) to (6) of this section do not apply to any dealer for which the driving distance from the place of business of the dealer to the full-service redemption center, calculated using the shortest route, is more than two times the radius specified for the second convenience zone or, if only one convenience zone is specified by the commission, two times the radius specified for that convenience zone.(8) Not more than 60 days after issuance of notice from the commission under ORS 459A.735(5), a dealer shall provide the commission with written documentation confirming compliance with each of the requirements of this section that are applicable to the dealer receiving notice.Amended by 2021 Ch. 351,§ 33, eff. 8/2/2021.Amended by 2019 Ch. 366,§ 9, eff. 9/29/2019.Amended by 2019 Ch. 279,§ 8, eff. 1/1/2020.