(a) Payment of the deposit beverage container fee and deposits as described in § 342G-110 shall be made monthly based on inventory reports of the deposit beverage distributors. All deposit beverage distributors shall submit to the department documentation in sufficient detail that identifies the net number of deposit beverage containers sold, donated, or transferred, by container size and type.

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-105

  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-101
  • Deposit beverage: means beer, ale, or other drink produced by fermenting malt, mixed spirits, mixed wine, tea and coffee drinks regardless of dairy-derived product content, soda, or noncarbonated water, and all nonalcoholic drinks in liquid form and intended for internal human consumption that is contained in a deposit beverage container. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-101
  • Deposit beverage container: means the individual, separate, sealed glass, polyethylene terephthalate, high density polyethylene, or metal container less than or equal to sixty-eight fluid ounces, used for containing, at the time of sale to the consumer, a deposit beverage intended for use or consumption in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-101
  • month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
(b) The amount due from deposit beverage distributors shall be the net number of deposit beverage containers sold, donated, or transferred multiplied by the sum of the prevailing deposit beverage container fee and the refund value of 5 cents. Payment shall be made by check or money order payable to the “Department of Health, State of Hawaii”. All inventory reports and payments shall be made no later than the fifteenth day of the month following the end of the payment period of the previous month.