Section 361.973 - Applicability(a) Except as provided by this section and Section 361.991, this subchapter applies only to covered television equipment that is:(1) offered for sale or sold to a consumer in this state; or(2) used by a consumer in this state and returned for recycling.(b) This subchapter does not apply to: (1) computer equipment as that term is defined by Section 361.952;(2) a manufacturer of a display device that is peripheral to a computer and contains a television tuner, if that manufacturer collects and recycles the device in accordance with Subchapter Y;(3) any part of a motor vehicle, including a replacement part;(4) a device that is functionally or physically part of or connected to another system or piece of equipment: (A) designed and intended for use in an industrial, governmental, commercial, research and development, or medical setting, including diagnostic monitoring or control equipment; or(B) used for security, sensing, monitoring, antiterrorism, or emergency services purposes;(5) a device that is contained in exercise equipment intended for home use or an appliance intended for home use including a clothes washer, clothes dryer, refrigerator, refrigerator and freezer, microwave oven, conventional oven or range, dishwasher, room air conditioner, dehumidifier, and air purifier;(6) a telephone of any type;(7) a personal digital assistant;(8) a global positioning system;(9) a consumer's lease of covered television equipment or a consumer's use of covered television equipment under a lease agreement; or(10) the sale or lease of covered television equipment to an entity when the television manufacturer and the entity enter into a contract that effectively addresses the recycling of equipment that has reached the end of its useful life.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.973
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 605, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2011.