Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting Section 48-60-50(B)(1), as contained in SECTION 3, page 7, lines 4 through 27, and inserting:
/ (1)
Beginning program year 2012, For the
program year 2014, which begins July 1, 2013, a television
manufacturer or computer monitor manufacturer
annually must shall recycle or arrange
for the recycling of its market share of covered television
devices or covered computer monitor devices pursuant to
this section. Market share, as used in this chapter, is the
total weight of the manufacturer's televisions or computer
monitors that were sold at retail in the United States to
individuals during the previous program year, multiplied by the
population fraction of South Carolina to the United States
population, divided by the total weight of all of the
televisions or computer monitors that were sold at retail
to individuals in South Carolina during the previous program
year. The individual recycling obligation for each television
manufacturer is the total calculated by
multiplying 4.8 million pounds of television
recycled by all television manufacturers during the previous
program year multiplied by the manufacturer's market
share as calculated above. The individual recycling
obligation for each computer monitor manufacturer is calculated
by multiplying 720,000 pounds by the manufacturer's market share
as calculated above. The population fraction is determined
by using the most recent United States Census data for the total
population of South Carolina divided by the total population of
the United States. A television manufacturer or computer
monitor manufacturer may use covered televisions or covered
computer monitor devices to meet their recycling obligation.
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Amend the bill further, by deleting Section 48-60-55(J), as contained in SECTION 4, pages 11 and 12, and inserting:
/ (J)(1) Local
governments that receive recycling services from stewardship
programs participating in the representative organization's plan
to recycle covered television devices and covered computer
monitor devices must not charge the manufacturer or the
representative operating the stewardship program for collection
costs and shall offer the manufacturer or its representative
other covered devices collected by a participating local
government at no cost. Provided, this item does not
obligate a local government to offer other covered devices
collected by a participating local government at no cost once
the representative organization's obligation within its plan to
recycle covered television devices and covered computer monitor
devices has been met during a program year.
(2)
A representative organization shall provide the department
and each local government recycling representative a point of
contact for the organization, including email and phone number,
to ensure communication and coordination among local
governments, participating manufacturers, consumer electronic
device stewardship programs and the representative organization.
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Amend the bill further, by deleting Section 48-60-170(A), as contained in SECTION 12, page 16 and 17, and inserting:
/ (A) The intent of this chapter is to implement programs and services that ensure the availability of adequate end-of-life electronic product handling for the benefit of citizens of the State, which fairly, effectively, and efficiently share the burdens of doing so among television manufacturers, computer manufacturers, and computer monitor manufacturers, regardless of the effect on competition of doing so, and which require the State to direct and supervise implementation of a statewide plan of one or more consumer electronic device stewardship programs. Representative organizations and persons participating in representative organizations may not be held liable or prosecuted under federal or state antitrust law. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.