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Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO REQUIRES CHAUTAUQUA BEER DISTRIBUTORS TO PAYBACK LOCAL CHAUTAUQUA MERCHANTS OVERDUE HANDLING FEES

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September 15, 2008
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The New York State Attorney General issued the following news release:

New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he has reached an agreement with the four largest beer distributors in Chautauqua County to repay local taverns $108,000 in fees withheld from them for more than ten years.

The agreement was reached after an investigation into allegations that the beer distributors failed to pay required handling fees to Chautauqua County taverns. The Returnable Container Act, also known as the "Bottle Bill," is an environmental law designed to encourage recycling, and it requires distributors to pay a handling fee to the merchants that sell returnable containers to ...

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