2015 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 27 - COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE AND OTHER SOLID WASTE
Title 29 - (27-2901 - 27-2909) MERCURY THERMOSTAT COLLECTION ACT
27-2901 - Definitions.

*  27-2901. Definitions.
1.   "Collection   program"   means   a  system  for  the  collection,
  transportation,  recycling,  and  disposal  of  out-of-service   mercury
  thermostats  that  is  financed  and managed or provided by a thermostat
  manufacturer  individually  or  collectively   with   other   thermostat
  manufacturers in accordance with this section.
2.  "Mercury thermostat" means a product or device that uses a mercury
  switch to sense and control room temperature through communication  with
  heating,   ventilation,   or  air-conditioning  equipment  and  includes
  thermostats used to sense and control room temperature  in  residential,
  commercial,  industrial  and  other  buildings  but  does  not include a
  thermostat  used  to  sense  and  control  temperature  as  part  of   a
  manufacturing process.
3. "Out-of-service mercury thermostat" means a mercury thermostat that
  is removed, replaced or otherwise taken out of service.
4.  "Qualified  contractor"  means a person engaged in the business of
  installation,  service  or  removal   of   heating,   ventilation,   and
  air-conditioning   components   who   employs   seven  or  more  service
  technicians or installers.
5.  "Qualified  local  government  authorities"  means  any  municipal
  corporation  or  planning  unit  as  defined  in section 27-0107 of this
  article, or county departments of health.
6. "Thermostat manufacturer" means a person who owns or owned  a  name
  brand of one or more mercury thermostats sold in the state.
7.  "Thermostat  retailer" means a person who sells thermostats of any
  kind primarily to homeowners or other nonprofessionals through any  sale
  or   distribution  mechanism  including  sales  using  the  internet  or
  catalogs.
8. "Thermostat wholesaler" means  a  person  who  is  engaged  in  the
  distribution   and   wholesale   selling   of  heating,  ventilation  or
  air-conditioning components, including thermostats, to contractors,  and
  whose  total  wholesale  sales account for eighty percent or more of its
  total  sales.  A  thermostat  manufacturer  is   not,   by   virtue   of
  manufacturing, a thermostat wholesaler.
* NB Repealed January 1, 2024