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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-1728" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Office of Recycling">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A covered electronic device manufacturer’s registration shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The brand names under which the manufacturer sells or offers for sale covered electronic devices in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Whether the manufacturer has implemented a covered electronic device takeback program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the manufacturer has implemented a covered electronic device takeback program:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A toll–free number or Web site address that provides information about the takeback program, including a detailed description of how a person may return a covered electronic device for recycling, refurbishing, or reuse; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>One year after the implementation of the program and each year thereafter, a report on the implementation of the program during the prior year, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The total weight of the covered electronic devices received by the program from Maryland during the prior year;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The total number of covered electronic devices from Maryland recycled, refurbished, and reused during the prior year; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The processes and methods used to recycle, refurbish, or reuse the covered electronic devices received from Maryland;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The total number of covered electronic devices sold in the State in the prior year, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The types of covered electronic devices sold; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The brand names under which the covered electronic devices were sold; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any additional information required by the Department in regulation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The registration shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be submitted to the Department by March 1 of each year; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the manufacturer has implemented a covered electronic device takeback program, be updated prior to any significant change in the program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The covered electronic device manufacturer registration fee shall be paid by a manufacturer in accordance with this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For the initial registration by a manufacturer, the registration fee is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$10,000 for a manufacturer that sold at least 1,000 covered electronic devices in the State in the prior year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$5,000 for a manufacturer that sold at least 100 but not more than 999 covered electronic devices in the State in the prior year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For each subsequent annual registration by a manufacturer that did not have an implemented covered electronic device takeback program in the prior year, the registration fee is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>On or after March 1, 2013, and before March 1, 2016, $10,000 for a manufacturer that sold at least 1,000 covered electronic devices in the State in the prior year; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>On or after March 1, 2016, $5,000 for a manufacturer that sold at least 1,000 covered electronic devices in the State in the prior year; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$5,000 for a manufacturer that sold at least 100 but not more than 999 covered electronic devices in the State in the prior year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>For each subsequent annual registration by a manufacturer that had an implemented covered electronic device takeback program in the prior year, the registration fee is $500.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>There is no registration fee for a manufacturer that sold less than 100 covered electronic devices in the State in the prior year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The registration fee required under this subsection shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Be submitted to the Department by March 1 of each year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Be paid into the State Recycling Trust Fund.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Review the registration submitted under this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the registration does not meet the requirements of this section and the regulations adopted by the Department under this subtitle, notify the manufacturer of the insufficiency.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 60 days after receipt of a notice of insufficiency, the manufacturer shall submit a revised registration that addresses the insufficiencies noted by the Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Department shall maintain a list of registered covered electronic device manufacturers on its Web site.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The sales data submitted in accordance with subsection (a)(4) of this section shall be treated as confidential and proprietary, and may not be disclosed except as otherwise required by law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
