83R6331 JRR-D
By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 3704
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the methods that may be used to collect computer
equipment for recycling.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 361.955, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to
read as follows:
(d) Examples of collection methods that alone or combined
meet the convenience requirements of this section include:
(1) [a system by which the manufacturer or the
manufacturer's designee offers the consumer a system for returning
computer equipment by mail;
[(2)] a system using a physical collection site that
the manufacturer or the manufacturer's designee keeps open and
staffed and to which the consumer may return computer equipment;
and
(2) [(3)] a system using a collection event held by
the manufacturer or the manufacturer's designee at which the
consumer may return computer equipment.
(d-1) A collection system that allows for the return of
computer equipment by mail alone does not meet the convenience
requirements of this section.
SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
shall adopt any rules required to implement the changes in law made
by this Act not later than January 1, 2014.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.