1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the environment; requiring proper disposal of fluorescent and high 
1.3 	intensity discharge lamps; requiring labeling of fluorescent lamps; requiring 
1.4 	notice at retail establishments selling fluorescent lamps;amending Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes 2004, sections 115A.932, subdivision 1; 116.92, subdivision 3; 
1.6 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 115A.932, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.9 	read:
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Prohibitions and recycling requirements. (a) A person may not 
1.11 	place mercury or a thermostat, thermometer, electric switch, appliance, gauge, medical or 
1.12 	scientific instrument, or electric relay or other electrical device from which the mercury 
1.13 	has not been removed for reuse or recycling:
1.14 	(1) in solid waste; or
1.15 	(2) in a wastewater disposal system.
1.16 	(b) A person may not knowingly place mercury or a thermostat, thermometer, 
1.17 	electric switch, appliance, gauge, medical or scientific instrument, or electric relay or other 
1.18 	electrical device from which the mercury has not been removed for reuse or recycling:
1.19 	(1) in a solid waste processing facility; or
1.20 	(2) in a solid waste disposal facility, as defined in section  115.01, subdivision 4. 
1.21 	(c) A person may not knowingly place a fluorescent or high intensity discharge lamp:
1.22 	(1) in solid waste; or
1.23 	(2) in a solid waste facility or a facility that accepts hazardous waste, except ~~a~~ 
1.24 	~~household hazardous waste collection or recycling facility~~ as provided in paragraph (d).
2.1 	~~This paragraph does not apply to waste lamps generated by households until August~~ 
2.2 	~~1, 1994.~~
2.3 	(d) A fluorescent or high intensity discharge lamp must be disposed of by delivery 
2.4 	of the lamp to a lamp recycling facility, as defined in section 116.93, subdivision 1, or 
2.5 	to a facility that collects and stores lamps for the purpose of delivering them to a lamp 
2.6 	recycling facility.

2.7 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116.92, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.8 		Subd. 3.Labeling; products containing mercury. (a) A manufacturer or 
2.9 	wholesaler may not sell and a retailer may not knowingly sell any of the following items 
2.10 	in this state that contain mercury unless the item is labeled in a manner to clearly inform a 
2.11 	purchaser or consumer that mercury is present in the item and that the item may not be 
2.12 	placed in the garbage until the mercury is removed and reused, recycled, or otherwise 
2.13 	managed to ensure that it does not become part of solid waste or wastewater:
2.14 	(1) a thermostat or thermometer;
2.15 	(2) an electric switch, individually or as part of another product, other than a motor 
2.16 	vehicle;
2.17 	(3) an appliance;
2.18 	(4) a medical or scientific instrument; ~~and~~
2.19 	(5) an electric relay or other electrical device; and
2.20 	(6) a fluorescent lamp.
2.21 	(b) Labeling required under paragraph (a) for a fluorescent lamp must be in at least 
2.22 	a 10-point font and must state that consumers should contact their county solid waste 
2.23 	department or utility to learn how to lawfully dispose of these lamps. The manufacturer is 
2.24 	responsible for affixing labels required for fluorescent lamps.

2.25 	Sec. 3. [325E.127] FLUORESCENT LAMPS CONTAINING MERCURY.
2.26 	(a) A person who sells fluorescent lamps at retail shall post the notice in paragraph 
2.27 	(b) in a manner clearly visible to a consumer making a purchasing decision.
2.28 	(b) The notice must be at least eight and one-half by six inches and state in 22-point 
2.29 	type: 
2.30 	"ATTENTION USERS OF FLUORESCENT LAMPS CONTAINING MERCURY:
2.31 	Under Minnesota law, it is a crime to dispose of a fluorescent lamp in the garbage. 
2.32 	Many counties and utilities have established sites where these lamps are collected to be 
2.33 	recycled. Contact your county solid waste department or utility to learn how to lawfully 
2.34 	dispose of these lamps."

3.1 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 3.2 	Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final enactment.