[§342G-101.5]  Commercial passenger vessels;exemption.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, thispart shall not apply to a deposit beverage container that is sold or deliveredto an entity operating a commercial passenger vessel when the deposit beveragecontainer is intended for use and consumption on the commercial passengervessel.  The entity operating the commercial passenger vessel shall be exemptfrom this part only if it has a deposit beverage container recycling planprescribed or approved by the department.

(b)  Recycling plans shall be submitted to thedepartment and shall include the name and address of the recycling facilitythat is accepting the empty deposit beverage containers.

(c)  Deposit beverage containers covered underthis exemption shall not be redeemed for the refund value or handling fee. [L2005, c 206, §1]