Bill Text: OH HB112 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: To require the inclusion of a bittering agent in engine coolant and antifreeze.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-24 - Committee Report [HB112 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-HB112-Comm_Sub.html

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As Reported by the House Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

H. B. No. 112

Representatives Grossman, Letson 

Cosponsors: Representatives Murray, Stinziano, Beck, Garland, Ruhl, Fedor, Antonio, Carey, Combs, Newbold, Stebelton, Fende 

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A BILL

To enact section 2927.28 of the Revised Code to

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require the inclusion of a bittering agent in

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engine coolant and antifreeze.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1.  That section 2927.28 of the Revised Code be	4
enacted to read as follows:	5

Sec. 2927.28.  (A) Except as provided in division (E) of this	6
section, engine coolant or antifreeze that is manufactured after	7
January 1, 2012, and subsequently sold in this state that contains	8
more than ten per cent ethylene glycol shall include a bittering	9
agent to render the engine coolant or antifreeze unpalatable. The	10
bittering agent shall consist of denatonium benzoate in a	11
concentration of not less than thirty parts per million and not	12
more than fifty parts per million.	13

This section applies to manufacturers, packagers, processors,	14
distributors, recyclers, and sellers of engine coolant or	15
antifreeze.	16

(B) A manufacturer or packager of engine coolant or	17
antifreeze that is subject to division (A) of this section shall	18
maintain a record of the trade name, scientific name, and active	19
ingredients of the bittering agent included in the engine coolant	20
or antifreeze and, upon request, shall furnish a member of the	21
public with the information contained in the record.	22

(C)(1) No manufacturer, packager, processor, distributor,	23
recycler, or seller of engine coolant or antifreeze shall fail to	24
comply with division (A) of this section by offering or	25
distributing for sale in this state engine coolant or antifreeze	26
that does not include denatonium benzoate as required by this	27
section.	28

(2) No manufacturer or packager shall fail to comply with	29
division (B) of this section.	30

(D) A manufacturer, packager, processor, distributor,	31
recycler, or seller that is subject to division (A) of this	32
section is not liable for any personal injury, death, damage to	33
property or the environment, including natural resources, or	34
economic loss that results from the inclusion of denatonium	35
benzoate in engine coolant or antifreeze in the concentration	36
required by this section. This immunity does not apply if the	37
cause of liability is unrelated to the inclusion of denatonium	38
benzoate in any engine coolant or antifreeze.	39

(E) This section does not apply to either of the following:

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(1) The sale of a motor vehicle that contains engine coolant	41
or antifreeze;	42

(2) A wholesale container of engine coolant or antifreeze	43
containing fifty-five or more gallons of antifreeze.	44

(F) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor	45
and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.	46