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HB 344 Computer Recovery and Recycling Act; adoption and implementation of recovery plan.
Introduced by: Kenneth R. Plum | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Computer Recovery and Recycling Act; penalties. Requires the manufacturer of more than 500 items of computer equipment to adopt and implement a recovery plan providing for the reasonably convenient collection, recycling, and reuse of computer equipment returned by a consumer in the Commonwealth. The manufacturer must also affix a permanent, readily visible label to the computer equipment with the manufacturer's brand before a manufacturer may offer computer equipment for sale in the Commonwealth. Examples of collection methods meeting the recovery plan requirements in this Act include (i) a system by which the consumer may return the computer equipment free of charge; (ii) a system using a physical collection site; or (iii) a system using collection events at which the consumer may return computer equipment. Each manufacturer must annually report on the weight of computer equipment collected, recycled, and reused during the preceding calendar year.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 085651868 pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/08 House: Committee substitute printed 080183684-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB344ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/17/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0541) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/04/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 085651868
- 01/04/08 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/25/08 House: Assigned C & L sub: 2
- 02/07/08 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/08/08 House: Committee substitute printed 080183684-H1
- 02/09/08 House: Read first time
- 02/11/08 House: Read second time
- 02/11/08 House: Committee substitute agreed to 080183684-H1
- 02/11/08 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB344H1
- 02/12/08 House: Read third time and passed House (93-Y 5-N)
- 02/12/08 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (93-Y 5-N)
- 02/12/08 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/13/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/25/08 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/26/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/08 Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/08 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/27/08 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/27/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/27/08 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (37-Y 3-N)
- 02/28/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/29/08 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (93-Y 5-N)
- 02/29/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (93-Y 5-N)
- 03/04/08 House: Enrolled
- 03/04/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB344ER)
- 03/05/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 541 (effective 7/1/09)
- 03/17/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0541)