Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 7157
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 7157
- Agency: means the Agency of Natural Resources. See
- Lamp: means an electric lamp, including mercury-containing lamps, incandescent lamps, halogen lamps, and light-emitting diode lamps. See
- Manufacturer: means a person who:
- Mercury-containing lamp: means a general purpose lamp to which mercury is intentionally added during the manufacturing process. See
- Retailer: means a person who sells a mercury-containing lamp to a person in the State through any means, including a sales outlet, a catalogue, the telephone, the Internet, or any electronic means. See
- sale: means any transfer for consideration of title or of the right to use by lease or sales contract a mercury-containing lamp to a person in the State of Vermont. See
- Stewardship organization: means an organization, association, or entity that has developed a system, method, or other mechanism which assumes the responsibilities, obligations, and liabilities under this chapter of multiple manufacturers of mercury-containing lamps. See
§ 7157. Retailer obligations
(a) Sale prohibited. Except as set forth under subsection (b) of this section, beginning July 1, 2012, no retailer shall sell or offer for sale a mercury-containing lamp unless the retailer has reviewed the Agency website required in subsection 7156(g) of this title to determine that the manufacturer of the mercury-containing lamp is implementing an approved collection plan or is a member of a stewardship organization.
(b) Inventory exception; expiration or revocation of manufacturer registration. A retailer shall not be responsible for an unlawful sale of a mercury-containing lamp under this subsection if:
(1) the retailer purchased the mercury-containing lamp prior to July 1, 2012; or
(2) the manufacturer’s collection plan expired or was revoked, and the retailer took possession of the in-store inventory of mercury-containing lamps prior to the expiration or revocation of the manufacturer’s collection plan. (Added 2011, No. 36, § 2, eff. May 19, 2011.)