2376-S AMH PIKE JOND 093

SHB 2376 - H AMD 875

By Representative Pike

ADOPTED 02/25/2016

    On page 149, after line 20, insert the following:

    "(19) For the purposes of evaluating the requirements of RCW 70.95.290, the department, in consultation with the Washington materials management and financing authority, shall, within existing resources, report to the appropriate committees of the legislature on whether the department and Washington materials management and financing authority have utilized existing infrastructure for the collection of electronics. In its report, the department, in consultation with the Washington materials management and financing authority, must report on the location and number of new programs created and depot systems developed since 2006 for the purpose of collecting electronics, how many existing collections sites have been utilized, as well as how many curbside collection companies were contracted with for collection of electronics. The department must submit the report to the appropriate committees of the legislature no later than September 1, 2016."

EFFECT:  Requires the Department of Ecology, in consultation with the Washington Materials Management and Financing Authority, to report to the legislature on whether existing infrastructure has been used for the collection of electronics. 

FISCAL IMPACT: No net change to appropriated levels.

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