Section 25214.8.11 Of Article 10.2.2. Mercury Thermostat Collection Act Of 2008 From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 10.2.2.
25214.8.11
. For purposes of this article, the following definitions
shall apply:
(a) "Manufacturer" means a business concern that owns or owned a
name brand of mercury-added thermostats sold in this state before
January 1, 2006.
(b) "Mercury-added thermostat" has the same meaning as defined in
paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 25214.8.1.
(c) "Out-of-service mercury-added thermostat" means a
mercury-added thermostat that is removed from a building or facility
in this state and is intended to be discarded.
(d) "Program" means a system for the collection, transportation,
recycling, and disposal of out-of-service mercury-added thermostats
that is financed, as well as managed or provided, by a manufacturer
or collectively with other manufacturers.
(e) "Retailer" means a person who sells thermostats of any kind
directly to a consumer through a selling or distribution mechanism,
including, but not limited to, a sale using catalogs or the Internet.
A retailer may be a wholesaler if the person meets the definition of
a wholesaler set forth in subdivision (g).
(f) "Thermostat" means a product or device that uses a switch to
sense and control room temperature through communication with
heating, ventilating, or air-conditioning equipment. "Thermostat"
includes a thermostat used to sense and control room temperature in
residential, commercial, industrial, and other buildings, but does
not include a thermostat used to sense and control temperature as
part of a manufacturing process.
(g) "Wholesaler" means a person engaged in the distribution and
wholesale selling of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning
components to contractors who install heating, ventilation, and
air-conditioning components, and whose total wholesale sales account
for 80 percent or more of total sales. A manufacturer, as defined by
this section, is not a wholesaler.