Bill Text: CT SB00205 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Return Of Mercury Thermostats.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-23 - House Calendar Number 540 [SB00205 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00205-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 3193 | ||
*03193SB00205ENV* | |||
Referred to Committee on Environment |
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Introduced by: |
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(ENV) |
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AN ACT REQUIRING CERTAIN THERMOSTAT MANUFACTURERS TO PAY INCENTIVES FOR THE RETURN OF MERCURY THERMOSTATS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 22a-620 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (g) as follows (Effective October 1, 2011):
(NEW) (g) On and after October 1, 2011, any person who: (1) Has submitted a plan to the commissioner, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, for a collection system that reasonably enables the collection of mercury-added products, and (2) sold thermostats in this state prior to July 1, 2006, that have a mercury content that exceeds one hundred milligrams shall include in such person's collection program a five-dollar payment to any member of the public who provides such collection program with a thermostat that was purchased on or before June 30, 2006.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2011 |
22a-620 |
Statement of Purpose:
To encourage the return of older thermostats that generally contain higher levels of mercury.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]