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2003 SESSION

036674852
HOUSE BILL NO. 2376
Offered January 8, 2003
Prefiled January 8, 2003
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 10.1-1186.5, relating to recycling cathode ray tubes.
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Patron-- Moran
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 10.1-1186.5 as follows:

§ 10.1-1186.5. Cathode ray tube special waste recycling program; enforcement.

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 Department shall adopt regulations to provide for a cathode ray tube special wastes recycling program, which shall be operational no later than July 1, 2004, and for enforcement of such program. The program shall include the disposal and recycling of cathode ray tubes.

C. After July 1, 2004, no person may place a used cathode ray tube in a landfill, municipal solid waste landfill or incinerator, or mixed municipal solid waste, and disposal of cathode ray tubes shall be only as permitted under the cathode ray tube special wastes recycling program established by the Department.