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Senate Bill 329 |
Senate Author: Watson et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Chisum et al. |
Senate Bill 329 amends the Health and Safety Code to prohibit a person, including a television manufacturer, from selling or offering for sale new covered television equipment in Texas unless the equipment has been labeled with a permanently affixed and readily visible television manufacturer's brand label, applicable only to covered television equipment that is offered for sale or sold to a consumer in Texas or is used by a consumer in Texas and returned for recycling. Among other provisions relating to the responsibilities of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), retailers, recyclers, and consumers regarding the sale, recovery, and recycling of covered television equipment, the bill establishes provisions relating to a manufacturer's registration with TCEQ, a television recycling account in the general revenue fund, a manufacturer's recovery plan and related responsibilities, a manufacturer's recycling leadership program, and a collection report. Senate Bill 329 establishes a penalty for noncompliance but provides that a retailer of television equipment may sell television equipment inventory that the retailer acquired before September 1, 2012, without incurring the penalty.