Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session
the sale of lead acid batteries and acceptance of used lead acid batteries.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law prohibits a person from disposing of a lead acid battery, including
a motor vehicle battery, by placing it in a landfill or incinerating it. Current law
requires anyone who sells a lead acid battery to a person who will use the battery (a
consumer) and who installs the battery to accept the consumer's used battery.
Current law also requires a person who sells a lead acid battery to a consumer
without installing the battery to offer to take the used battery in trade. The law
prohibits a person from charging a consumer a deposit of more than $5 on the sale
of a lead acid battery.
This bill requires a person who sells a lead acid battery to a consumer to charge
a deposit of not less than $5. The bill also changes terminology in the law relating
to the sale of lead acid batteries and defines the term "deposit" for the purposes of
that law.