Sec. 375.051. MANUFACTURER PROGRAM COMPONENTS

(a) Each manufacturer of vehicles sold in this state, individually or as part of a group, shall, not later than January 1, 2006, implement a program that provides the following:

(1) information identifying that manufacturer's eligible vehicles, including:

(A) a description of the convenience switches used by the manufacturer;

(B) the location on each vehicle of each convenience switch;

(C) the safe and environmentally sound methods for removing a convenience switch from an end-of-life vehicle; and

(D) the estimated number of convenience switches available, for purposes of computing the capture rate;

(2) educational materials to assist a vehicle recycler or scrap metal recycling facility in following a safe and environmentally sound method to remove convenience switches from end-of-life vehicles, including educational materials on hazards presented by the content of a convenience switch and the proper handling of that content;

(3) methods for recycling or disposing of the manufacturer's convenience switches, including the method of packaging and shipping a convenience switch to an authorized recycling, storage, or disposal facility; and

(4) methods for the storage of a convenience switch collected and recovered from an end-of-life vehicle if environmentally appropriate recycling or disposal technologies are not available.

(b) To the extent possible, a convenience switch recovery program must use existing end-of-life vehicle infrastructure. If that infrastructure is not used, the program must include reasons for establishing a separate infrastructure.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 746 , Sec. 1, eff. August 29, 2005.