72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
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LC 1873
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 867
Ordered by the Senate May 9
Including Senate Amendments dated May 9
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON RULES (at the request of Recycling
Advocates)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
Creates Advisory Committee on Electronic { - Products - }
{ + Product + } Stewardship { + within Economic and Community
Development Department + }. { - Directs committee to work with
Department of Environmental Quality to develop rules for
economically sustainable electronic products recycling or
disposal. Directs committee to work with Oregon Department of
Administrative Services to develop purchasing guidelines for
electronic products. - } { + Directs committee to examine reuse
and recycling of electronic products and report findings to
Legislative Assembly. + }
Directs metropolitan service districts serving populations
greater than 500,000 to develop and implement { - pilot - }
program for electronic products recycling and reuse.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to development of programs for stewardship of electronic
products; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
Whereas the recycling of valuable resources from scrap
electronic products is an opportunity to create businesses and
jobs in the State of Oregon, and reusable computers that are
diverted from disposal provide a low-cost option for many
citizens to participate in the digital age; and
Whereas the challenge of providing recycling opportunities for
Oregonians can best be addressed through a product stewardship
approach to build a cooperative public-private partnership that
shares responsibility among manufacturers, retailers, consumers,
recyclers and governments; and
Whereas the best approach for the State of Oregon would be
consistent with a national approach, since these products are
traded nationally and a consistent national funding system and
infrastructure would be the most effective and cost-efficient;
and
Whereas a national approach is now being negotiated in a
multi-stakeholder dialogue called the National Electronics
Product Stewardship Initiative (NEPSI), and the State of Oregon
can provide leadership by urging a responsible national solution
and by developing the required local infrastructure; and
Whereas the State of Oregon has already provided leadership
through convening a multi-stakeholder dialogue called the Western
Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative (WEPSI) and is
participating in the NEPSI dialogue; and
Whereas the State of Oregon intends to participate in a
national electronic product stewardship approach that serves the
needs of Oregonians by providing convenient and effective
opportunities to reuse and recycle those products, and this
approach will build on a public-private partnership in which
responsibilities are shared among manufacturers, retailers,
consumers, recyclers and governments; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) There is created the Advisory Committee on
Electronic Product Stewardship within the Economic and Community
Development Department. Members shall be appointed by and serve
at the pleasure of the Director of the Economic and Community
Development Department.
(2) Advisory committee membership shall include, but is not
limited to, persons who represent:
(a) Electronic product manufacturers, retailers, consumers or
recyclers; and
(b) Public bodies as defined in ORS 174.109, including the
Department of Environmental Quality, the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services and a metropolitan service district
serving a population of more than 500,000 persons.
(3) The responsibilities of the advisory committee shall
include, but not be limited to:
(a) Examining the existing infrastructure in this state for
reuse and recycling of used electronic products, including reuse
and recycling opportunities offered by manufacturers, retailers
and local and regional governments and opportunities for donation
and reuse of electronic products;
(b) Monitoring the progress of national programs and
legislation developed through the National Electronics Product
Stewardship Initiative;
(c) Reviewing existing data on the actual impact that used
electronic products have on the environment;
(d) Reviewing state and federal environmental regulations that
encourage or impede effective reuse and recycling of electronic
products and recommending changes if needed;
(e) Exploring the creation of business opportunities and jobs
in the area of electronic product recycling infrastructure and
state or local financial incentives for developing business
opportunities and jobs in the area of electronic product
recycling infrastructure;
(f) Developing recommendations for educating consumers and
businesses in the area of electronic product recycling; and
(g) Reviewing regional and national guidelines for governmental
procurement of environmentally responsible electronic products
and how similar guidelines might be used in this state.
(4) The Economic and Community Development Department may
accept contributions of funds and assistance from the government
of the United States or its agencies or from any other source,
public or private, and agree to conditions placed on the funds
not inconsistent with the purposes of this section.
(5) All funds received by the Economic and Community
Development Department under this section shall be paid into the
State Treasury and deposited in the General Fund to the credit of
the department. The funds are appropriated continuously to the
department for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
section.
(6) A majority of the members of the advisory committee
constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(7) Official action by the advisory committee requires the
approval of a majority of the members of the advisory committee.
(8) The advisory committee shall elect one of its members to
serve as chairperson.
(9) Members of the advisory committee are not entitled to
compensation, but in the discretion of the Director of the
Economic and Community Development Department may be reimbursed
from funds available to the Economic and Community Development
Department for actual and necessary travel and other expenses
incurred by them in the performance of their duties in the manner
and amount provided in ORS 292.495.
(10) The Economic and Community Development Department shall
provide staff support to the advisory committee.
(11) For purposes of this section, 'electronic products ' means
computers, monitors, large and small computer peripherals and
televisions. + }
SECTION 2. { + The Advisory Committee on Electronic Product
Stewardship created in section 1 of this 2003 Act shall report
its findings and recommendations in the manner provided in ORS
192.245 to the Seventy-third Legislative Assembly no later than
January 31, 2005. + }
SECTION 3. { + Any metropolitan service district serving a
population of more than 500,000 persons shall develop and
implement a program pertaining to electronic product reuse and
recycling. Under the program, the metropolitan service district
shall prepare educational materials relating to the collection,
recycling and reuse of used consumer electronic products and
develop and implement an outreach and education program. + }
SECTION 4. { + This 2003 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2003 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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