Michigan Laws 324.17103 – Retailer of lead acid batteries; duties
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A retailer of lead acid batteries shall do all of the following:
(a) Accept, at or near the point at which lead acid batteries are offered for sale, in a quantity at least equal to the number of new lead acid batteries sold by the retailer, used lead acid batteries from customers, if offered by the customers.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.17103
- Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Distributor: means a person who sells batteries to retailers in this state. See Michigan Laws 324.17101
- Lead acid battery: means a storage battery, that is used to start an internal combustion engine or as the principal electrical power source for a vehicle, in which the electrodes are grids of lead containing lead oxides that change in composition during charging and discharging, and the electrolyte is dilute sulfuric acid. See Michigan Laws 324.17101
- Manufacturer: means a person who produces batteries for sale in this state. See Michigan Laws 324.17101
- Retailer: means a person who sells or offers to sell batteries to consumers within this state. See Michigan Laws 324.17101
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(b) Post a written notice in a location that is readily visible to customers within the retail establishment that is at least 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches in size and contains the universal recycling symbol and contains essentially all of the following:
(i) Recycle your used lead acid batteries.
(ii) It is illegal to discard a lead acid battery except by delivery to a retailer, a distributor, a manufacturer, or a collection, recycling, or smelting facility approved by the department.
(iii) State law requires retailers to accept used lead acid batteries upon the purchase or within 30 calendar days of the purchase of a lead acid battery.
(c) The format, design, and wording of the notice described in this section shall be provided to retailers of lead acid batteries by the department.