81R10874 KJM-D
By: Farrar H.B. No. 2922
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a registration fee for manufacturers of certain
equipment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 361.962, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 361.962. FEES [NOT AUTHORIZED]. (a) The commission
shall impose an annual registration fee of $5,000 on each
manufacturer whose volume of sales of any type of equipment to which
this subchapter applies in a calendar year exceeds one percent of
the market share in this state. A manufacturer shall pay the
registration fee on or before March 31.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), this [This]
subchapter does not authorize the commission to impose a fee,
including a recycling fee or registration fee, on a consumer,
manufacturer, retailer, or person who recycles or reuses computer
equipment.
SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality shall adopt any rules required to implement the changes in
law made by Section 361.962, Health and Safety Code, as amended by
this Act, not later than May 1, 2010.
(b) The registration fee required by Section 361.962,
Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, is not due for the
first time before March 31, 2011.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.