Amendment JR2 AA32-ASA1-AB1

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January 2002 Special Session

2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 32, TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 1

March 14, 2002 - Offered by Representatives Plouff and Shilling.

AB1-ASA1-AA32,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:

AB1-ASA1-AA32,1,2 1. Page 156, line 9: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA32,1,3 " Section 267d. 100.275 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA32,1,6 100.275 Mercury thermometers. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), no manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer may sell or give away a thermometer that contains mercury.

AB1-ASA1-AA32,1,7 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:

AB1-ASA1-AA32,1,9 (a) A mercury thermometer used for food research and development or food processing, including meat, dairy product, and pet food processing.

AB1-ASA1-AA32,2,2 (b) A mercury thermometer used for the calibration of other thermometers, apparatus, or equipment, unless a calibration standard that does not use mercury is approved for that calibration by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

AB1-ASA1-AA32,2,5 (c) A mercury thermometer that is a component of an agriculture climate control system or industrial measurement system if the system is in use on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date].

AB1-ASA1-AA32,2,8 (d) A mercury thermometer that is a component of an agriculture climate control system or industrial measurement system if a nonmercury alternative is not available as a component of the system.

AB1-ASA1-AA32,2,11 (e) An electronic thermometer that includes a battery that contains mercury, if a person is not prohibited from selling that battery or offering that battery for sale under s. 100.27.

AB1-ASA1-AA32,2,14 (3) Any person who violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $200 for each violation. Each sale or gift of a thermometer in violation of this section constitutes a separate violation.".

AB1-ASA1-AA32,2,15 2. Page 445, line 5: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA32,2,18 "(1v) Sale and distribution of mercury thermometers. The treatment of section 100.275 of the statutes takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after publication.".

AB1-ASA1-AA32,2,19 (End)