| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | - | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 205 | |
| 2 | - | January Session, 2011 *_____SB00205ENV___032211____* | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 205 | |
| 2 | + | January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3193 | |
| 3 | + | *03193SB00205ENV* | |
| 4 | + | Referred to Committee on Environment | |
| 5 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | + | (ENV) | |
| 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | - | ||
| 10 | + | Committee Bill No. 205 | |
| 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 12 | January Session, 2011 | |
| 9 | 13 | ||
| 10 | - | ||
| 14 | + | LCO No. 3193 | |
| 11 | 15 | ||
| 12 | - | AN ACT CONCERNING THE RETURN OF MERCURY THERMOSTATS. | |
| 16 | + | *03193SB00205ENV* | |
| 17 | + | ||
| 18 | + | Referred to Committee on Environment | |
| 19 | + | ||
| 20 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | + | ||
| 22 | + | (ENV) | |
| 23 | + | ||
| 24 | + | AN ACT REQUIRING CERTAIN THERMOSTAT MANUFACTURERS TO PAY INCENTIVES FOR THE RETURN OF MERCURY THERMOSTATS. | |
| 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 15 | 27 | ||
| 16 | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Any wholesaler who provides a collection system for thermostats that contain mercury shall accept such thermostats from any member of the public. | |
| 28 | + | Section 1. Section 22a-620 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (g) as follows (Effective October 1, 2011): | |
| 29 | + | ||
| 30 | + | (NEW) (g) On and after October 1, 2011, any person who: (1) Has submitted a plan to the commissioner, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, for a collection system that reasonably enables the collection of mercury-added products, and (2) sold thermostats in this state prior to July 1, 2006, that have a mercury content that exceeds one hundred milligrams shall include in such person's collection program a five-dollar payment to any member of the public who provides such collection program with a thermostat that was purchased on or before June 30, 2006. | |
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| 18 | 32 | ||
| 19 | 33 | ||
| 20 | 34 | ||
| 21 | 35 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 22 | - | Section 1 | |
| 36 | + | Section 1 October 1, 2011 22a-620 | |
| 23 | 37 | ||
| 24 | 38 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 25 | 39 | ||
| 26 | 40 | Section 1 | |
| 27 | 41 | ||
| 28 | - | ||
| 42 | + | October 1, 2011 | |
| 29 | 43 | ||
| 30 | - | New section | |
| 44 | + | 22a-620 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 47 | + | ||
| 48 | + | To encourage the return of older thermostats that generally contain higher levels of mercury. | |
| 49 | + | ||
| 50 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] | |
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| 32 | 52 | ||
| 33 | 53 | ||
| 34 | - | ||
| 54 | + | Co-Sponsors: SEN. MEYER, 12th Dist. | |
| 35 | 55 | ||
| 36 | - | ||
| 56 | + | Co-Sponsors: | |
| 37 | 57 | ||
| 38 | - | Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 58 | + | SEN. MEYER, 12th Dist. | |
| 59 | + | ||
| 60 | + | S.B. 205 |