Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 33-11-2 - Definitions2.1. "Brand" means the name, symbol, logo, trademark, or other information that identifies a product rather than the components of the product.2.2. "Computer" means a desktop, personal computer or laptop computer, including a computer monitor. Computer does not include a personal digital assistant device, computer peripheral such as a mouse or other similar pointing device, a printer or a detachable keyboard.2.3. "Consumer" means, for the purpose of this rule, a natural person or resident, corporation, firm, partnership, agency, association, organization or society or any other entity that resides in West Virginia and has legally purchased or is in legal possession of a CED.2.4. "County" means any county commission or solid waste authority within the state.2.5. "Covered electronic device (CED)" means a television, computer or video display device with a screen that is greater than four inches measured diagonally. "Covered electronic device" does not include a video display device that is part of a motor vehicle or that is contained within a household appliance or commercial, industrial, or medical equipment.2.6. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection.2.7. "Manufacturer" means a person that is the brand owner of a covered electronic device or television sold or offered for sale in West Virginia by any means, including transactions conducted through retail sales outlets, catalogs or the internet.2.8. "Municipality" means a community incorporated through the West Virginia Secretary of State's Office.2.9. "Person" means a natural person, corporation, firm, partnership, association or society and the plural as well as the singular. 2.10. "Recyclable Materials" means those materials that would otherwise become solid waste for disposal in a refuse disposal system and which may be collected, separated or processed and returned to the marketplace in the form of raw materials or products.2.11. "Television" means any telecommunication system device that is designed to receive moving pictures and sound broadcasts over a distance and includes a television tuner or a video display device peripheral to a computer in which the display contains a television tuner.2.12. "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection.2.13. "Video display device" means an electronic device with an output surface that displays or is capable of displaying moving graphical images or visual representations of images sequences or pictures that show a number of quickly changing images on a screen to create the illusion of motion. Video display device includes a device that is an integral part of the display and cannot easily be removed from the display by the consumer and that produces the moving images on the screen. A "video display device" may use a cathode-ray tube (CRT), liquid crystal display (LCD), gas plasma, digital light processing, other image projection technology or imaging display technologies.2.14. Other definitions in West Virginia Code § 22-15A-2 are adopted for use, where applicable, in this rule.