2001 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 111

File Code: Environment
Sponsored By:
Delegates Morhaim, Hubbard, Boutin, Stull, Frush, Owings, Nathan-Pulliam, Billings, Oaks, D. Davis, Sher, Stern, Hammen, Mohorovic, Klausmeier, Cane, Zirkin, and Rosenberg
Entitled:
Solid Waste Disposal - Cathode Ray Tubes - Computer Monitors and Television Screens

Synopsis:

Prohibiting any person from disposing of a cathode ray tube (CRT) from a computer monitor or television in any location not designated by the Department of the Environment for the management and recycling of used CRTs on or after December 31, 2004; prohibiting any sanitary landfill, solid waste transfer station, or incinerator from accepting a CRT on or after that date; requiring the Office of Recycling to develop a method for the management and recycling of used CRTs; authorizing the Department to adopt regulations; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/15
First Reading Environmental Matters
2/14
Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
3/19
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18
Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate Tod David Sher, District 14A
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COMPUTERS -see also- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC GOVMNT.
ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES -see also- ASBESTOS; RADIATN.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES
PENALTIES
RECYCLING
REFUSE DISPOSAL -see also- RECYCLING
RULES AND REGULATIONS
TELEVISION -see also- CABLE TELEVISION
Bill affects the following Statute:
Environment
( 9-227.1 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered