SENATE BILL No. 123

 

 

February 1, 2005, Introduced by Senators BRATER, BIRKHOLZ, PRUSI, CHERRY, OLSHOVE, THOMAS, BASHAM, SCHAUER, JACOBS, SCOTT, SWITALSKI, CLARKE, GEORGE, VAN WOERKOM, PATTERSON, ALLEN, HARDIMAN, JELINEK, McMANUS and TOY and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by amending the heading of part 172 and

 

by adding section 17204.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

PART 172.  MERCURY THERMOMETERS  MERCURY-ADDED PRODUCTS

 

     Sec. 17204. (1) Beginning January 1, 2006, a person shall not

 

sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes in this

 

state or for use in this state a blood pressure recording,

 

measuring, or monitoring device that contains mercury or a mercury

 

compound intentionally added to the device.

 

     (2) Beginning January 1, 2010, a person shall not use a device

 


described in subsection (1) in this state.