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Beverage industry supporting litter bill 'pilot program'-DeCamp
.By Lynn Mongar
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Nebraska'i litter program is being monitored closely by
the beverage and canning Industries, according to State ,
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"I think they'll make this thing fly, because they want
it to work so badly," DeCamp said.
DcCamp sponsored the Utter Bill, (LB120) which was
passed by the, 1979 Unicameral Legislature.
DeCamp said Nebraska is a "pilot program" for the
industries. He said if the litter program works in Nebras
ka, the canning and beverage industry lobbyists will have
an alternative to offer states such as Iowa, which have put
mandatory refunds on beer and soft drink containers.
Nebraska voters turned down such a measure last year.
DeCamp said passage of the litter bill will provide
several million dollars in federal subsidies. "I think the bill
will work despite its stormy beginning," he said.
Paul Eldein, a Trade Association of Breweries represen
tative, said the litter bill distributes the burden of litter
clean-up more fairly than the defeated bottle bill. .
The litter bill was well thought out by Sen. DeCamp,"
Eldein said.
Cans and bottles account for 18 to 20 percent of the
total litter problem, according to Eldein.
Eldein said lowans are paying more for their beer than
Nebraskans as a result of the Iowa mandatory refunds.
He also said Iowa wholesalers and retailers have had
sanitation problems in collecting and storing the returned
cans and bottles.
"Sweets attract the bugs and extermination is a pro
blem," he said. Eldein said merchants have had problems
finding places to store the cans and bottles.
"Sometimes wholesalers will need a separate building
with security for storage," he said.
The Department of Environmental Control will be
supervising and helping to enforce the litter bill and the
Department of Revenue will be collecting the fees starting
Oct. 1.
The Department of Revenue experienced some diffi
culty licensing manufacturers and wholesalers which
would have to pay a fee of $150 for each one million
dollars of gross proceeds.
The Department of Revenue sent more than llOjOOO
applications with Information guides explaining who
would be affected by the litter bill.
A pepartment of Revenue spokesman said that confu
sion arose because it was not clear who was subject to the
litter fee.
According to the statute, the litter fee will be Imposed
on the manufacturing sale and wholesale of:
-Food for human or net consumption
-Groceries
-Cigarettes and other tobacco products
-Soft drinks and carbonated waters
-Liquor, wine, beer and other malt beverages
-Household paper and paper products, excluding
magazines, periodicals, newspapers and literary works
-glass containers
-metal containers
-plastic or fiber containers made of synthetic material
-cleaning agents and toiletries.
Karl Cochrane, manager in the Tax Policy Division said
the Nebraska law is similar to a litter bill in Washington.
However, Nebraska's bill does not tax the retail level.
Jury duty possible for 19-year-olds, but chances of serving slim
By Michelle Can-
UNL students and faculty members may be required to
perform a job other than their present one-jury duty.
Under a law which took effect Aug. 24 persons 19 or
older are eligible to serve on juries. The law, which the
Legislature passed as LB234 last session, changed the age
from 21 and eliminated the maximum age of 70 require
ment. According to Jim Dunlevey, state court administrator,
prospective jury members in each county are chosen from
a list of registered voters by the jury commissioner or dis
trict court clerk. Registered students may be required to
serve jury duty in their county.
However, Dunlevey noted that small counties seldom
require jury trials, so chances are slim that a person would
be called more than once or twice in his lifetime.
The law also states that anyone claiming a "hardship or
extreme inconvenience," may be exempted from duty,
depending on the judge's approval. However, these per-
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sons are not excused indefinitely and may be called within
six months, Dunlevey said.
He assumed that most judges would excuse students if
a hardship or inconvenience were proven, but that would
not prevent the judge from calling the student back to
duty "when they (the students) are back In June or July."
Usually, most counties issue a qualification form to
propesctive jurors, whose names are chosen from the
registration list. If a person cannot serve, he or she states
this on the qualification form, asking for approval. If the
judge doesn't approve of the excuse, the person Is notified
by a summons, which indicates the date that the juror
must report for duty, he said.
In the larger countries, such as Lancaster or Douglas,
summons and qualifications are sent at the same time, he
said.
Jurors are monetarily compensated for their duty.
Jurors are paid $20 a day and 10 cent per mile, Dunlevey
said. He gave two reasons why the law was changed. First,
he cited the movement to comply with the age of major
ity, which is 19 in Nebraska. Because 19-year-olds can
vote, drink and go to war, the feelings of some legislators
was to allow them to serve as jurors, he said.
Also, the list of exemptions from duty had grown so
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