|
House Bill 2714 |
House Author: Bonnen et al. |
|
Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Watson |
House Bill 2714 amends the Health and Safety Code to establish a computer equipment recycling program. The bill requires a computer manufacturer, before offering computer equipment for sale in Texas, to establish an equipment recovery program for its brand of computers, and it requires that plan to provide for the collection of computer equipment for recycling that is reasonably convenient and available to Texas consumers and for the dissemination of information to the consumer on how and where to return the manufacturer's computer equipment. The bill requires computer retailers to sell only visibly branded computer equipment from manufacturers that appear on a list prepared by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of manufacturers with equipment recovery programs.
Other provisions of the bill direct the commission to educate the public regarding the computer recycling program, adopt certain recycling and reuse standards for the program, enforce requirements for recycling computer equipment in conjunction with the attorney general's office, and compile and issue an annual electronic report to the legislature.
The bill also amends the Water Code to provide penalties for a manufacturer that does not label its products or implement an equipment recovery program as required by law.