Bill Text: MI HB4841 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Environmental protection; toxic substances or products; manufacture, sale, or distribution of certain products containing decabromodiphenyl ethers (deca-BDEs); prohibit. Amends sec. 14721 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.14721), adds sec. 1423a & repeals sec. 14724 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.14724).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-07-27 - Printed Bill Filed 07/01/2011 [HB4841 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4841-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4841

 

June 30, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Bledsoe, Slavens, Dillon, Tlaib, Hovey-Wright, Bauer, Santana, Barnett, Ananich, Cavanagh, Hobbs, Lipton, Haugh, Liss and Oakes and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 14721 (MCL 324.14721), as added by 2004 PA 526

 

and by adding section 14723a; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 14721. (1) As used in this subpart:

 

     (a) "Deca-BDE" means decabromodiphenyl ether.

 

     (b) (a) "Department" means the department of environmental

 

quality.

 

     (c) (b) "Octa-BDE" means octabromodiphenyl ether.

 

     (d) (c) "PBDE" means polybrominated diphenyl ether.

 

     (e) (d) "Penta-BDE" means pentabromodiphenyl ether.

 

     (2) This subpart may be cited as the "Mary Beth Doyle PBDE

 

act".

 

     Sec. 14723a. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person shall not

 

manufacture, sell, or distribute for sale within this state any of

 

the following that contain deca-BDE:

 

     (a) Beginning December 31, 2011, any of the following:

 

     (i) A mattress or upholstered furniture designed for

 

residential use.

 

     (ii) Any electrical or electronic equipment.

 

     (b) Beginning December 31, 2013, all other products not

 

described in subdivision (a) or (c).

 

     (c) Beginning December 31, 2014, motor vehicles or other

 

transportation equipment, military equipment, or components within

 

motor vehicles or other transportation or military equipment.

 

However, this subdivision does not apply to the manufacture, sale,

 

or distribution of motor vehicle service parts for motor vehicles

 

manufactured prior to December 31, 2014.

 

     (2) A person that is in possession of a product described in

 

subsection (1) on the applicable date listed in subsection (1) may

 

sell or otherwise dispose of that product.

 

     (3) This section does not restrict a person from transporting

 

a product described in subsection (1) or storing that product for

 

later distribution outside of this state.

 

     (4) Beginning in 2012 and each year thereafter, a person that

 

produced deca-BDE for use in a product sold in this state or that

 

sold deca-BDE for use in this state during the prior year shall

 

submit a report to the department that details the quantity of

 

deca-BDE that was produced or sold by that person in the United

 

States during the prior year.

 

     Enacting section 1. Section 14724 of the natural resources and

 

environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.14724, is

 

repealed.