Texas Statutes
Subchapter Z. Television Equipment Recycling Program
Section 361.976. Manufacturers' Registration and Reporting

Sec. 361.976. MANUFACTURERS' REGISTRATION AND REPORTING. (a) A television manufacturer of covered television equipment shall register with the commission and, except as provided by Section 361.979, pay a registration fee of $2,500. A registered television manufacturer shall renew the registration and, except as provided by Section 361.979, pay the fee on or before January 31 of each year. The registration or registration renewal must include:
(1) a list of all brands the television manufacturer uses in this state on covered television equipment regardless of whether the television manufacturer owns or is licensed to use the brand; and
(2) contact information for the person the commission may contact regarding the television manufacturer's activities to comply with this subchapter.
(b) Except as provided by Section 361.979, not later than January 31 of each year, each registered television manufacturer of covered television equipment shall report to the commission:
(1) the total weight of covered television equipment for which the television manufacturer is responsible that was sold in this state during the preceding calendar year or, if the manufacturer does not track the weight of covered television equipment it sells by state, the television manufacturer may report the total amount of covered television equipment the television manufacturer sold nationally in the preceding calendar year; and
(2) the total weight of covered television equipment the television manufacturer collected and recycled in this state during the preceding calendar year.
(c) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the television recycling account created under Section 361.977.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 605 (S.B. 329), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.

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