CHAPTER 171

HB 1455-FN-A – FINAL VERSION

07Mar2006… 0868h

11May2006… 1830eba

2006 SESSION

06-2473

03/10

HOUSE BILL 1455-FN-A

AN ACT relative to the disposal of video display devices.

SPONSORS: Rep. Butcher, Ches 3; Rep. Babson, Carr 3; Rep. O'Connell, Hills 6

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill defines video display devices and prohibits disposing of video display devices in solid waste landfills or incinerators after July 1, 2007. This bill also requires the department of environmental services to monitor the disposal of electronic waste.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07Mar2006… 0868h

11May2006… 1830eba

06-2473

03/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to the disposal of video display devices.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

171:1 New Paragraph; Definitions. Amend RSA 149-M:4 by inserting after paragraph XXVII the following new paragraph:

XXVIII. “Video display device” means a visual display component of a television or a computer, whether separate or integrated with a computer central processing unit/box, and includes a cathode ray tube, liquid crystal display, gas plasma, digital light processing, or other image projection technology, greater than 4 inches when measured diagonally, and its case, interior wires, and circuitry.

171:2 New Paragraph; Refuse Reduction. Amend RSA 149-M:27 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV.(a) No person shall dispose of any video display device in any solid waste landfill or incinerator in New Hampshire after July 1, 2007.

(b) Owners or operators of such facilities shall not be found to have knowingly disposed of a video display device if the facility has implemented mechanisms to avoid such disposal which shall include, at a minimum, posting of signs at the facility or providing written notification to, or agreements with, the facility’s customers concerning the disposal prohibition.

171:3 Report by Department. The department of environmental services shall monitor and participate in any regional initiatives regarding the financing and disposal of electronic wastes and shall report the results of such efforts, to date, to the house environment and agriculture committee and the senate environment and wildlife committee by November 1, 2006.

171:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

Approved: May 24, 2006

Effective: July 1, 2006