LD 1892
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LR 2752
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(h)__Descriptions of additional or alternative
actions that will be taken to improve recovery and
recycling rates, if needed; and

 
(i)__Annual sales data on the number and type of
covered electronic devices sold by the
manufacturer in this State over the 10 years
preceding the filing of the plan for televisions
and 5 years preceding the filing of the plan for
computer monitors.

 
(5)__A manufacturer is responsible for all costs
associated with the development and implementation of
the plan.__If the costs are passed on to consumers, the
costs must be imposed at the time of purchase and not
with a fee imposed at the end of life of the computer
monitor or television.

 
B.__Beginning July 1, 2007 for computer monitor
manufacturers, July 1, 2013 for manufacturers of all other
covered electronic devices, and annually thereafter, a
manufacturer that offers a covered electronic device for
sale in this State shall submit a report to the department
that includes the following: a description of the
collection, consolidation and recycling services utilized to
recover the manufacturer's products; substantiated
estimates, on an annual basis for the preceding calendar
year, on the quantities of covered electronic devices
marketed in this State and collected for recovery in this
State; the capture rate for electronics based on sales in
this State; substantiated estimates of the percentage of
collected materials that are reused and recycled from their
products; the identification of end markets for the
collected waste; and any systems implemented by the
manufacturer to ensure environmentally sound management of
its products. The manufacturer may indicate which, if any,
portions of the report it considers proprietary and, if the
department concurs that the information meets state legal
requirements for confidentiality, those sections of the
report may not be made public.

 
7.__Advanced recovery fee. Beginning January 1, 2005, an
advanced recovery fee, referred to in this section as "the fee,"
is imposed upon each initial sale within the State of each
television to a consumer by a retailer. A retailer who sells a
television to a consumer shall collect a fee of $6 for each
television sold.__The retailer may retain 3% of the fee as
reimbursement for costs associated with the fee collection.__At
least quarterly, the retailer shall remit the fees collected to
the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau


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