N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2901 – Definitions
* § 27-2901. Definitions.
Terms Used In N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2901
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
1. "Collection program" means a system for the collection, transportation, recycling, and disposal of out-of-service mercury thermostats that is financed and managed or provided by a thermostat manufacturer individually or collectively with other thermostat manufacturers in accordance with this section.
2. "Mercury thermostat" means a product or device that uses a mercury switch to sense and control room temperature through communication with heating, ventilation, or air-conditioning equipment and includes thermostats used to sense and control room temperature in residential, commercial, industrial and other buildings but does not include a thermostat used to sense and control temperature as part of a manufacturing process.
3. "Out-of-service mercury thermostat" means a mercury thermostat that is removed, replaced or otherwise taken out of service.
4. "Qualified contractor" means a person engaged in the business of installation, service or removal of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning components who employs seven or more service technicians or installers.
5. "Qualified local government authorities" means any municipal corporation or planning unit as defined in section 27-0107 of this article, or county departments of health.
6. "Thermostat manufacturer" means a person who owns or owned a name brand of one or more mercury thermostats sold in the state.
7. "Thermostat retailer" means a person who sells thermostats of any kind primarily to homeowners or other nonprofessionals through any sale or distribution mechanism including sales using the internet or catalogs.
8. "Thermostat wholesaler" means a person who is engaged in the distribution and wholesale selling of heating, ventilation or air-conditioning components, including thermostats, to contractors, and whose total wholesale sales account for eighty percent or more of its total sales. A thermostat manufacturer is not, by virtue of manufacturing, a thermostat wholesaler.
* NB Repealed January 1, 2025