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House File 659

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  455D.22  WHITE GOODS.
  1  2    1.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
  1  3 requires:
  1  4    a.  "White good" means a major household appliance
  1  5 including a refrigerator, stove, oven, freezer, dishwasher,
  1  6 clothes washer, clothes dryer, and microwave oven.
  1  7    b.  "Discarded white good" means a white good that will no
  1  8 longer be used for its originally intended purpose.
  1  9    2.  Land disposal of white goods is prohibited.
  1 10    3.  A retailer that sells a new white good shall charge a
  1 11 per unit recycling fee at the time of sale of the white good
  1 12 and shall, upon delivery and at no cost to the consumer, offer
  1 13 to transfer a discarded white good to an approved collection
  1 14 site or a permitted white goods recycler.  The per unit
  1 15 recycling fee shall be determined by the department and shall
  1 16 be based on the cost of handling, transferring, and recycling
  1 17 a discarded white good.  The per unit recycling fee may
  1 18 include an administrative charge.  The per unit recycling fee
  1 19 may be different for different types of white goods.
  1 20    4.  A discarded white good shall be taken to an approved
  1 21 collection site or a permitted white goods recycler.  The
  1 22 operator of an approved collection site may temporarily store
  1 23 a discarded white good until the discarded white good is
  1 24 transferred to a permitted white goods recycler.
  1 25    5.  The recycling fee charged by the retailer at the point
  1 26 of sale shall be remitted to the department.  Fifty cents of
  1 27 each recycling fee shall be deposited in the white goods
  1 28 recycling alternatives account of the groundwater protection
  1 29 fund under section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph "f".  The
  1 30 remaining moneys shall be deposited in the white goods account
  1 31 of the groundwater protection fund under section 455E.11,
  1 32 subsection 2, paragraph "g".
  1 33    6.  The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
  1 34 17A to administer this section.
  1 35    Sec. 2.  Section 455E.11, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
  2  1 amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
  2  2    NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  A white goods recycling alternatives
  2  3 account.  Fifty cents of each recycling fee received from a
  2  4 retailer pursuant to section 455D.22 shall be deposited in the
  2  5 white goods recycling alternatives account.  Moneys in the
  2  6 account shall be used by the department to develop and
  2  7 implement demonstration projects related to the recycling of
  2  8 white goods.
  2  9    NEW PARAGRAPH.  g.  A white goods recycling account.  After
  2 10 fifty cents is deposited in the white goods recycling
  2 11 alternatives account under paragraph "f", all remaining moneys
  2 12 from recycling fees received from a retailer pursuant to
  2 13 section 455D.22 shall be deposited in the white goods
  2 14 recycling account.  Moneys in the account shall be distributed
  2 15 to a permitted white goods recycler on a per unit basis based
  2 16 on the type of white good accepted by the recycler.  By the
  2 17 seventh day of each month, a permitted white goods recycler
  2 18 shall submit a report to the department detailing the number
  2 19 and type of white goods accepted by the recycler during the
  2 20 previous month.  
  2 21                           EXPLANATION
  2 22    This bill relates to the land disposal and recycling of
  2 23 white goods.
  2 24    The bill prohibits land disposal of white goods.  The bill
  2 25 provides that "white goods" means a major household appliance
  2 26 including a refrigerator, stove, oven, freezer, dishwasher,
  2 27 clothes washer, clothes dryer, and microwave oven.
  2 28    The bill provides that a retailer selling a new white good
  2 29 shall charge a per unit recycling fee, determined by the
  2 30 department of natural resources, at the time of sale of the
  2 31 white good and shall, upon delivery and at no cost to the
  2 32 consumer, offer to transfer a discarded white good to an
  2 33 approved collection site or a permitted white goods recycler.
  2 34 The bill provides that the recycling fee shall be based on the
  2 35 cost of handling, transferring, and recycling a discarded
  3  1 white good, and may include an administrative charge.
  3  2    The bill provides that a discarded white good shall be
  3  3 taken to an approved collection site or a permitted white
  3  4 goods recycler.
  3  5    The bill provides that the recycling fee shall be remitted
  3  6 to the department.  The bill provides that 50 cents of the
  3  7 recycling fee shall be deposited in the white goods recycling
  3  8 alternatives account of the groundwater protection fund.  The
  3  9 bill provides that moneys in the white goods recycling
  3 10 alternatives account shall be used by the department to
  3 11 develop and implement demonstration projects related to the
  3 12 recycling of white goods.
  3 13    The bill provides that the remaining moneys from recycling
  3 14 fees shall be deposited in the white goods recycling account.
  3 15 The bill provides that moneys in the account shall be
  3 16 distributed to a permitted white goods recycler on a per unit
  3 17 basis based on the type of white good accepted by the
  3 18 recycler.  
  3 19 LSB 3142HV 79
  3 20 tm/gg/8
     

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