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Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF3775

3E Establishing a paint stewardship pilot program to allow paint manufacturers
to develop and implement a program to collect, transport and process
postconsumer (used) paint to reduce the costs and environmental impacts of the
disposal of postconsumer paint in the state; defining certain terms; requiring
manufacturers of architectural paint sold at retail in the state, through a
representative organization to implement a pilot stewardship program by a
certain date to undertake responsibility for the development and implementation
of strategies to reduce the generation, promote the reuse and collect, transport
and process the end of life management of postconsumer paint; requiring the
development of a consumer based cost recovery system; imposing a uniform
consumer paint stewardship assessment; specifying certain plan content
requirements; providing for authorized conduct; requiring a report to the
legislature by a certain date; sunset provision
(Ch. 319, 2008 - VETO)