Bill Text: MI SB0764 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Environmental protection; prohibited products; use of cadmium or mercury in children's products; prohibit. Amends sec. 5491 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.5491).

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-10-20 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0764 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0764-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 764

 

 

October 20, 2011, Introduced by Senators KAHN, ANDERSON, WARREN, PAPPAGEORGE and BIEDA and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 5491 (MCL 333.5491), as added by 2007 PA 159.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5491. As used in this part:

 

     (a) "Child care article" means a product designed or intended

 

by the manufacturer to facilitate the sleep, relaxation, or feeding

 

of children or to help children with sucking or teething.

 

     (b) "Children" means individuals who are 7 years old or

 

younger.

 

     (c) "Consumer" means that term as used in the consumer product

 

safety act, 15 USC 2051 to 2085 2089.

 

     (d) "Heavy metal" means cadmium, lead, or mercury.

 

     (e) (d) "Person" means an individual, partnership,

 

corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal

 

entity.

 

     (f) (e) "Toxic substance" means a coating or other substance

 

that contains lead, or a coating on an item that contains lead, so

 

that the lead content is more than 0.06% of the total by weight of

 

1 or more heavy metals. Toxic substance does not include glass or

 

crystal decorative components.

 

     (g) (f) "Toy" means an article, including jewelry, designed

 

and made for the amusement of a minor or for the minor's use in

 

play.