SB-0186, As Passed House, December 12, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 186

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 17201 (MCL 324.17201), as added by 2002 PA 578,

 

and by adding section 17206.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 17201. As used in this part:

 

     (a) "Appliance" means a refrigerator, dehumidifier, freezer,

 

oven, range, microwave oven, washer, dryer, dishwasher, trash

 

compactor, window room air conditioner, television, or computer.

 

Appliance does not include a home heating or central air-

 

conditioning system.

 

     (b)  (a)  "Manufacturer" means a person that produces,

 

imports, or distributes mercury thermometers in this state.

 


     (c)  (b)  "Mercury fever thermometer" means a mercury

 

thermometer used for measuring body temperature.

 

     (d)  (c)  "Mercury thermometer" means a product or component,

 

other than a dry cell battery, of a product used for measuring

 

temperature that contains mercury or a mercury compound

 

intentionally added to the product or component. Mercury

 

thermometer does not include a product or component of a product

 

that is used as a replacement for an existing thermometer that

 

measures temperature as part of a manufacturing process.

 

     (e) "Thermostat" means a consumer product that uses a switch

 

that contains mercury or a mercury compound to sense and control

 

room temperature, including room temperature in residential,

 

commercial, industrial, and other buildings, by communicating with

 

heating, ventilating, or air conditioning equipment. Thermostat

 

does not include a product used to control temperature as part of a

 

manufacturing device.

 

     Sec. 17206. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2),

 

beginning January 1, 2009, a person shall not sell, offer for sale,

 

or distribute in this state an esophageal dilator, bougie tube, or

 

gastrointestinal tube if mercury or a mercury compound was added to

 

the product during its manufacture.

 

     (2) This section does not apply to either of the following:

 

     (a) A product the use of which is required by a federal

 

statute or regulation.

 

     (b) A product whose only mercury-containing component is a

 

button cell battery.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 


unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No. 123.

 

     (b) Senate Bill No. 124.