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    Quote Originally Posted by burrage1 View Post
    To the OP, what newsletter did you get this out of? Not questioning you or anything, just could use a little more reading material keeping me up-to-date so I'd like to be on their mailing list.
    You could go here: Texas Legislature Online - 83(R) Bill Stages for HB 3465

    Unless I'm reading this wrong, it's only talking about recyclers of televisions.



    83(R) HB 3465 - Introduced version - Bill Text

    83R12426 JRR-D

    By: Bohac H.B. No. 3465


    A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    AN ACT
    relating to standards for recycling or reusing computer and
    television equipment.
    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    SECTION 1. Section 361.964(b), Health and Safety Code, is
    amended to read as follows:
    (b) For the purposes of recycling, reusing, or otherwise
    disposing of collected computer equipment, a manufacturer must:
    (1) follow the standards established under
    "Responsible Recycling Practices for Use in Accredited
    Certification Programs for Electronic Recyclers" or "e-Stewards
    Standard for Responsible Recycling and Reuse of Electronic
    Equipment" or an equivalent independently audited certification
    standard for electronics recycling; or
    (2) use a recycler that has a current certification
    indicating the recycler complies with the standards described by
    Subdivision (1) [The commission shall adopt as standards for
    recycling or reuse of computer equipment in this state the
    standards provided by "Electronics Recycling Operating Practices"
    as approved by the board of directors of the Institute of Scrap
    Recycling Industries, Inc., April 25, 2006, or other standards from
    a comparable nationally recognized organization].
    SECTION 2. Section 361.982(b), Health and Safety Code, is
    amended to read as follows:
    (b) A person who is engaged in the business of recycling
    covered television equipment in this state shall:

    (1) register with the commission and certify that the
    person is in compliance with the standards described by [adopted
    under] Section 361.990;
    (2) on or before January 31 of each year renew the
    registration with the commission and certify the person's continued
    compliance with the standards described by [adopted under] Section
    361.990;
    (3) recycle all covered television equipment accepted
    for recycling in accordance with the standards adopted under
    Section 361.990;
    (4) maintain a written log recording the weight of all
    covered television equipment received by the person and the
    disposition of that equipment; and
    (5) annually report to the commission the total weight
    of covered television equipment received and recycled by the person
    in the preceding 12 months.
    SECTION 3. Section 361.990(b), Health and Safety Code, is
    amended to read as follows:
    (b) For the purposes of recycling, reusing, or otherwise
    disposing of collected covered television equipment, a
    manufacturer must:
    (1) follow the standards established under
    "Responsible Recycling Practices for Use in Accredited
    Certification Programs for Electronic Recyclers" or "e-Stewards
    Standard for Responsible Recycling and Reuse of Electronic
    Equipment" or an equivalent independently audited certification
    standard for electronics recycling; or
    (2) use a recycler that has a current certification
    indicating the recycler complies with the standards described by
    Subdivision (1) [The commission shall adopt as standards for
    recycling or reuse of covered television equipment in this state
    the standards provided by "Electronics Recycling Operating
    Practices" as approved by the board of directors of the Institute of
    Scrap Recycling Industries, Incorporated, April 25, 2006, or other
    standards from a comparable nationally recognized organization].
    SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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    So... bottom line, it'll get more expensive to recycle your old CRTs in Texas legally, and yokes & degaussing cables could well require a license to cash in.

    So the end result will be more people 'accidentally' losing them off the back of their truck on country dirt roads.

    Ahh, the lovely unintended consequences of kneejerk legislation...

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