SB-0186, As Passed Senate, November 30, 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.