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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the methods that may be used to collect computer |
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equipment for recycling. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 361.955, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) Examples of collection methods that alone or combined |
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meet the convenience requirements of this section include: |
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(1) [a system by which the manufacturer or the
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manufacturer's designee offers the consumer a system for returning
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computer equipment by mail;
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[(2)] a system using a physical collection site that |
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the manufacturer or the manufacturer's designee keeps open and |
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staffed and to which the consumer may return computer equipment; |
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and |
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(2) [(3)] a system using a collection event held by |
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the manufacturer or the manufacturer's designee at which the |
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consumer may return computer equipment. |
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(d-1) A collection system that allows for the return of |
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computer equipment by mail alone does not meet the convenience |
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requirements of this section. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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shall adopt any rules required to implement the changes in law made |
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by this Act not later than January 1, 2014. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |