Bill Text: VA HB326 | 2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Mercury thermostats; Waste Management Board to adopt regulations to encourage recycling.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-02-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004) [HB326 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-HB326-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §10.1-1425.26 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §10.1-1425.26. Cathode ray tube and mercury thermostat special waste recycling program. A. As used in this section "cathode ray tube" means an intact glass tube used to provide the visual display in televisions, computer monitors, oscilloscopes and similar scientific equipment, but does not include the other components of an electronic product containing a cathode ray tube even if the product and the cathode ray tube are disassembled. B. The Board shall promulgate regulations to encourage the
recycling of thermostats containing mercury, cathode ray C. Any locality may, by ordinance, prohibit the disposal of thermostats containing mercury and cathode ray tubes in any waste-to-energy or solid waste disposal facility within its jurisdiction, provided the locality has implemented a recycling program that is capable of handling all thermostats containing mercury and cathode ray tubes generated within its jurisdiction. However, no such ordinance shall contain any provision that penalizes anyone other than the initial generator of such thermostats containing mercury and cathode ray tubes. |