CHAPTER 144

H.P. 1280 - L.D. 1840

Resolve, To Study the Recycling of Cellular Telephones

Sec. 1. Report regarding cellular telephones. Resolved: That, by January 15, 2007, the Department of Environmental Protection shall report on the effectiveness of cellular telephone recycling collection programs in the State to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources matters. The report must include information on:

1. The collection and ultimate disposal of used cellular telephones in the State, including the recycling efforts of the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation;

2. The amount of recycling of cellular telephones that is taking place in the State;

3. The current infrastructure for cellular telephone recycling and how it can be improved; and

4. The financial consequences to nonprofit programs if a regulatory program is established for the collection of used cellular telephones.

The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources matters is authorized to report out legislation relating to the department's report pursuant to this resolve to the First Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature.