SB621,15,221 287.17 (4) (d) 2m. The rural county recycling weight shortfall fee to be paid by
22a manufacturer in a program year is calculated by subtracting the manufacturer's
23actual rural county recycling weight for the previous program year, determined
24under sub. (3m) (e) 2., from the manufacturer's target rural county recycling weight

1for the previous program year, determined under sub. (3m) (c), and multiplying the
2resulting amount by the estimated cost of recycling determined as follows:
SB621,15,63 a. Fifty cents per pound for a manufacturer if the manufacturer's actual rural
4county recycling weight, as determined under sub. (3m) (e) 2., is less than 50 percent
5of the manufacturer's target rural county recycling weight, as determined under sub.
6(3m) (c).
SB621,15,107 b. Forty cents per pound for a manufacturer if the manufacturer's actual rural
8county recycling weight, as determined under sub. (3m) (e) 2., is at least 50 percent
9but not more than 90 percent of the manufacturer's target rural county recycling
10weight, as determined under sub. (3m) (c).
SB621,15,1411 c. Thirty cents per pound for a manufacturer if the manufacturer's actual rural
12county recycling weight, as determined under sub. (3m) (e) 2., is more than 90
13percent of the manufacturer's target rural county recycling weight, as determined
14under sub. (3m) (c).
SB621,49 15Section 49. 287.17 (4) (d) 4. a., b. and c. of the statutes are renumbered 287.17
16(4) (d) 1m. a., b. and c. and amended to read:
SB621,15,2117 287.17 (4) (d) 1m. a. Fifty cents per pound for a manufacturer if the
18manufacturer's actual total recycling weight of eligible electronic devices recycled by
19or on behalf of the manufacturer
, as determined under subd. 2. sub. (3m) (e) 1., is less
20than 50 percent of the manufacturer's total target recycling weight, determined
21under subd. 1. sub. (3m) (a).
SB621,16,222 b. Forty cents per pound for a manufacturer if the manufacturer's actual total
23recycling
weight of eligible electronic devices recycled by or on behalf of the
24manufacturer
, as determined under subd. 2. sub. (3m) (e) 1., is at least 50 percent but

1not more than 90 percent of the manufacturer's total target recycling weight,
2determined under subd. 1. sub. (3m) (a).
SB621,16,73 c. Thirty cents per pound for a manufacturer if the manufacturer's actual total
4recycling
weight of eligible electronic devices recycled by or on behalf of the
5manufacturer
, as determined under subd. 2. sub. (3m) (e) 1., is more than 90 percent
6of the manufacturer's total target recycling weight, determined under subd. 1. sub.
7(3m) (a).
SB621,50 8Section 50. 287.17 (4) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB621,51 9Section 51. 287.17 (4) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 287.17 (3m) (d) 1. and
10amended to read:
SB621,16,2211 287.17 (3m) (d) Recycling credits. 1. If Except as provided in sub. (4) (g) 3., if,
12for a program year, the total weight of eligible electronic devices recycled by or on
13behalf of a manufacturer, as determined reported under par. (f) 1. or 2. sub. (5) (b),
14exceeds the manufacturer's total target recycling weight determined under par. (d)
151. or (dm)
(a), the manufacturer has a number of recycling credits equal to the
16number of excess pounds or 20 percent of the total target recycling weight for that
17program year
, whichever is less, subject to subd. 1m. The manufacturer may use the
18these credits for the purpose of par. (d) 2. determining its actual total recycling
19weight under par. (e) 1.
for any of the 3 succeeding program years year or may sell
20credits to another manufacturer for use for the purpose of determining that
21manufacturer's actual total recycling weight under par. (e) 1.
for any of the 3
22succeeding program years year, subject to subd. 1r.
SB621,52 23Section 52. 287.17 (4) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
SB621,53 24Section 53. 287.17 (4) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,17,5
1287.17 (4) (g) 1. Instead of paying a shortfall fee under this subsection par. (d)
21m.
in a program year, a manufacturer may submit, with its registration, a request
3for relief from all or a portion of the shortfall fee in that program year along with
4information showing that the manufacturer has made good faith progress toward
5meeting its total target recycling weight under par. (d) 1. sub. (3m) (a).
SB621,54 6Section 54. 287.17 (4) (g) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB621,17,117 287.17 (4) (g) 1m. Instead of paying a shortfall fee under par. (d) 2m. in a
8program year, a manufacturer may submit, with its registration, a request for relief
9from all or a portion of the shortfall fee in that program year along with information
10showing that the manufacturer has made good faith progress toward meeting its
11target rural county recycling weight under sub. (3m) (c).
SB621,55 12Section 55. 287.17 (4) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,17,2113 287.17 (4) (g) 2. If the department determines that a manufacturer that makes
14a request under subd. 1. or 1m. in a program year has made good faith progress
15toward meeting its total target recycling weight or target rural county recycling
16weight
, the department shall waive the requirement that the manufacturer pay the
17all or a portion of that shortfall fee in the program year. If the department determines
18that the manufacturer has not made good faith progress toward meeting its total
19target recycling weight or its target rural county recycling weight, it shall notify the
20manufacturer and the manufacturer shall pay the that shortfall fee within 60 days
21after receiving the notification.
SB621,56 22Section 56. 287.17 (4) (g) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB621,18,523 287.17 (4) (g) 3. If, for a program year, the total weight of eligible electronic
24devices recycled by or on behalf of a manufacturer, as reported under sub. (5) (b),
25exceeds the manufacturer's total target recycling weight determined under sub. (3m)

1(a) by 20 percent or more, the manufacturer may elect to be exempt from the the rural
2county recycling weight shortfall fee under par. (d) 2m. for that program year, and
3shall submit, with its registration, a notice that it is making that election. If a
4manufacturer elects to be exempt under this subdivision, the manufacturer may not
5accumulate any recycling credits under sub. (3m) (d) for that program year.
SB621,57 6Section 57. 287.17 (5) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,18,107 287.17 (5) (a) 1. a. The total weight of each model of its covered electronic
8devices sold to households or schools in this state during the program year that began
924 months 2 program years before the beginning of the program year in which the
10report is made.
SB621,58 11Section 58. 287.17 (5) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,18,1512 287.17 (5) (a) 1. b. The total weight of all of its covered electronic devices sold
13to households or schools in this state during the program year that began 24 months
142 program years before the beginning of the program year in which the report is
15made.
SB621,59 16Section 59. 287.17 (5) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,18,2017 287.17 (5) (a) 1. c. An estimate, based on national sales data, of the total weight
18of its covered electronic devices sold to households or schools in this state during the
19program year that began 24 months 2 program years before the beginning of the
20program year in which the report is made.
SB621,60 21Section 60. 287.17 (5) (a) 1. d. of the statutes is created to read:
SB621,18,2422 287.17 (5) (a) 1. d. The total weight of its covered electronic devices sold to
23households or schools in this state calculated by a method approved by the
24department.
SB621,61 25Section 61. 287.17 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,19,17
1287.17 (5) (b) Weight of eligible electronic devices recycled. With the
2registration that it submits under sub. (3) that is due by September 1, 2010, a
3manufacturer shall report to the department the total weight of eligible electronic
4devices used by households or schools in this state that were collected by or delivered
5to the manufacturer for recycling by the manufacturer or that were collected by or
6delivered to a registered recycler for recycling on behalf of the manufacturer during
7the last 2 program quarters of the preceding program year. Beginning in 2011, with

8the registration that it submits under sub. (3), a manufacturer shall report to the
9department the total weight of eligible electronic devices used by households or
10schools in this state that were collected by or delivered to the manufacturer for
11recycling by the manufacturer or that were collected by or delivered to a registered
12recycler for recycling on behalf of the manufacturer during the preceding program
13year. A manufacturer may shall also report separately the weight of eligible
14electronic devices used by households or schools in rural counties and used by
15households or schools in urban counties for the purpose of obtaining the weight
16adjustment under sub. (4) (f) for eligible electronic devices received from households
17or schools in rural counties
.
SB621,62 18Section 62. 287.17 (5) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,19,2119 287.17 (5) (c) Recycling credits. (intro.) With the registration that it submits
20under sub. (3), beginning in 2011, a manufacturer shall report all of the following to
21the department:
SB621,63 22Section 63. 287.17 (5) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,19,2523 287.17 (5) (c) 3. The number of recycling credits and rural county recycling
24credits
that the manufacturer elects to use in the calculation of its shortfall fees
25under sub. (4) (d) 2 .
SB621,64
1Section 64. 287.17 (5) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,20,32 287.17 (5) (c) 4. The number of recycling credits available to the manufacturer
3after calculating its shortfall fees under sub. (4) (d) 2 .
SB621,65 4Section 65. 287.17 (7) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,20,125 287.17 (7) (a) 1. (intro.) Beginning on January 1, 2010, no No person may
6operate as a collector delivering or arranging for the delivery of eligible electronic
7devices to a registered recycler for recycling on behalf of a manufacturer who is
8registered under sub. (3) unless the person is registered under this paragraph. A
9person shall register by submitting, no later than January 1, 2010, and annually, no
10later than August 1 beginning in 2010 the first day of the 2nd month of each program
11year
, to the department a registration, using a form prescribed by the department,
12that includes all of the following:
SB621,66 13Section 66. 287.17 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,20,1614 287.17 (7) (a) 2. A complete registration is effective on receipt by the
15department and is valid until the first day of the 2nd month of the following August
161
program year unless suspended or revoked before that date.
SB621,67 17Section 67. 287.17 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,20,2518 287.17 (7) (b) Reports and records. No later than August 1 the first day of the
192nd month
of each program year, beginning August 1, 2010, a registered collector
20shall report to the department the total weight of eligible electronic devices collected
21in this state during the preceding program year and the names of all registered
22recyclers to whom the collector delivered eligible electronic devices. A registered
23collector shall maintain records of the sources of eligible electronic devices it collects
24and of the registered recyclers to whom the collector delivers eligible electronic
25devices.
SB621,68
1Section 68. 287.17 (8) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,21,82 287.17 (8) (a) 1. (intro.) Beginning on January 1, 2010, no No person may
3operate as a recycler receiving eligible electronic devices on behalf of a manufacturer
4who is registered under sub. (3) unless the person is registered under this paragraph.
5A person shall register by submitting, no later than January 1, 2010, and annually,
6no later than August 1 beginning in 2010 the first day of the 2nd month of each
7program year
, to the department a registration, using a form prescribed by the
8department, that includes all of the following:
SB621,69 9Section 69. 287.17 (8) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,21,1210 287.17 (8) (a) 2. A complete registration is effective on receipt by the
11department and is valid until the first day of the 2nd month of the following August
121
program year unless suspended or revoked before that date.
SB621,70 13Section 70. 287.17 (8) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 287.17 (8) (b) (intro.)
14and amended to read:
SB621,21,2015 287.17 (8) (b) Reports and records Annual reporting requirements. (intro.) No
16later than August 1 the first day of the 2nd month of each program year, beginning
17with August 1, 2010
, a registered recycler shall report to the department the total
18weight of eligible electronic devices collected in this state that the recycler received
19for recycling on behalf of a manufacturer registered under sub. (3) during the
20preceding program year and the name of the manufacturer.
all of the following:
SB621,71 21Section 71. 287.17 (8) (b) 1m., 2m., 3m., 4. and 5. of the statutes are created
22to read:
SB621,21,2523 287.17 (8) (b) 1m. The total weight of eligible electronic devices collected in this
24state that the recycler received for recycling on behalf of a manufacturer registered
25under sub. (3) during the preceding program year and the name of the manufacturer.
SB621,22,3
12m. The weight of eligible electronic devices collected in this state that the
2recycler received for recycling on behalf of a manufacturer registered under sub. (3)
3during the preceding program year, separated into the following categories:
SB621,22,44 a. Televisions that contain a cathode-ray tube.
SB621,22,55 b. Televisions that do not contain a cathode-ray tube.
SB621,22,66 c. Computer monitors that contain a cathode-ray tube.
SB621,22,77 d. Computer monitors that do not contain a cathode-ray tube.
SB621,22,88 e. Consumer computers.
SB621,22,99 f. Consumer printers.
SB621,22,1010 g. Other eligible electronic devices.
SB621,22,1211 3m. The weight of materials derived from the devices described in subd. 1m.
12during the preceding program year, separated into the following categories:
SB621,22,1313 a. Cathode-ray tube glass.
SB621,22,1414 b. Glass, not including cathode-ray tube glass.
SB621,22,1515 c. Metals.
SB621,22,1616 d. Plastics.
SB621,22,1717 e. Other materials.
SB621,22,2118 4. The weight of materials derived from the devices described in subd. 1m. that
19the registered recycler sent to another person for use in a manufacturing process or
20for recovery of usable materials during the preceding program year, separated into
21the categories under subd. 3m. a. to e.
SB621,22,2522 5. The weight of materials derived from the devices described in subd. 1m. that
23the registered recycler sent to be disposed of in a solid waste disposal facility or
24burned at a solid waste treatment facility during the preceding program year,
25separated into the categories under subds. 3m. a. to e.
SB621,72
1Section 72. 287.17 (8) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 287.17 (8) (bm), and
2287.17 (8) (bm) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
SB621,23,53 287.17 (8) (bm) Mid-year reporting requirements. (intro.) No later than
4February 1 the first day of the 8th month of each program year, beginning in 2011,
5a registered recycler shall report to the department all of the following:
SB621,73 6Section 73. 287.17 (8) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,23,147 287.17 (8) (c) 4. A registered recycler shall maintain records that can be used
8to determine, for each program year, the total weight of eligible electronic devices
9recycled by the recycler on behalf of manufacturers under this section, the weight of
10materials derived from those eligible electronic devices that the registered recycler

11sends to another person for use in a manufacturing process or for recovery of usable
12materials, and the weight of materials derived from those eligible electronic devices
13that the registered recycler sends to be disposed of in a solid waste disposal facility
14or burned at a solid waste treatment facility
weights described in par. (b) 1m. to 5.
SB621,74 15Section 74. 287.17 (8) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,23,2516 287.17 (8) (e) Modifying or adding requirements by rule. The department shall
17review the requirements under par. (c) 1. to 7. to determine whether it is necessary
18to modify or add to those requirements so that the requirements applicable to
19registered recyclers are at least equivalent to nationally recognized standards for
20recycling eligible electronic devices. If the department determines that it is
21necessary to modify or add to the requirements under par. (c) 1. to 7., the department
22shall promulgate rules that modify or add to the requirements so that they are at
23least equivalent to nationally recognized standards for recycling eligible electronic
24devices. The department may not promulgate a rule under this paragraph that takes
25effect before October 1, 2011.
SB621,75
1Section 75. 287.17 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,24,102 287.17 (9) Retailers. Beginning on July 1, 2010, a A retailer who sells covered
3electronic devices for use by households or schools shall provide to purchasers
4information describing how eligible electronic devices can be collected and recycled
5and a description of the prohibitions in s. 287.07 (5) (a). A retailer may satisfy this
6requirement by providing a toll-free number for receiving the information and a
7description of how to access the department's Internet site under sub. (10) (a). A
8retailer who sells through a catalog may provide the information in the catalog. A
9retailer who sells through the Internet may provide the information on its Internet
10site.
SB621,76 11Section 76. 287.17 (9m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,24,1612 287.17 (9m) Record keeping and inspection. A person subject to sub. (3), (7),
13(8), or (9) shall maintain records related to the program under this section and
14reports required under this section for at least 3 program years. The department
15may inspect records of a person subject to sub. (3), (7), (8), or (9) that are related to
16the program under this section.
SB621,77 17Section 77. 287.17 (10) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,24,2018 287.17 (10) (c) 1. a. The number by which the weight of covered electronic
19devices sold
a manufacturer's total target recycling weight is multiplied under sub.
20(4) (d) 1. (3m) (c) to determine target rural county recycling weight.
SB621,78 21Section 78. 287.17 (10) (c) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,24,2322 287.17 (10) (c) 1. b. The estimated cost of recycling under sub. (4) (d) 4. 1m. and
232m.
SB621,79 24Section 79. 287.17 (10) (c) 1. d. of the statutes is repealed.
SB621,80 25Section 80. 287.17 (10) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,25,6
1287.17 (10) (c) 2. If the department determines that any of the values under
2subd. 1. a. to d. c. should be changed in order to improve the effectiveness of the
3program under this section or to provide more recycling opportunities to rural areas
4of this state, the department shall report its recommendations for changes under s.
513.172 (3) to the committee of each house of the legislature with jurisdiction over
6solid waste policy.
SB621,81 7Section 81. 287.17 (10) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB621,82 8Section 82. 287.17 (10) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,25,139 287.17 (10) (d) Annual report. (intro.) Before December 1 of each program year,
10beginning in 2012
prior to the transition year, and before June 1 of each program year
11beginning with the transition year
, the department shall provide a report on the
12program under this section to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) and to the governor.
13The department shall include all of the following in the report:
SB621,83 14Section 83. 287.17 (10) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB621,26,215 287.17 (10) (i) Addition or exemption of eligible electronic devices. If the
16department determines that the disposal or burning of a kind of electronic device
17that is not listed in sub. (1) (gs) in a solid waste facility may be harmful to human
18health or the environment, the department may promulgate a rule specifying that
19the kind of electronic device is an eligible electronic device, is subject to s. 287.07 (5)
20(a), or both. If the department determines that the disposal or burning of a kind of
21electronic device that is listed in sub. (1) (gs) or s. 287.07 (5) (a) in a solid waste facility
22is not harmful to human health and is not harmful to the environment or if the
23department determines that it is not feasible to require the recycling of a kind of
24electronic device that is listed in sub. (1) (gs) or s. 287.07 (5) (a), the department may
25promulgate a rule specifying that the kind of electronic device is not an eligible

1electronic device, is not subject to s. 287.07 (5) (a), or both. The department may not
2promulgate a rule under this paragraph that takes effect before October 1, 2011.
SB621,84 3Section 84. 287.17 (10) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
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