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Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-211-608: Automobile batteries - Incineration or disposal - Lead-acid batteries - Trade-ins on retail sales

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  1. TN Code
  2. Title 68
  3. Chapter 211

(a) It is illegal for any incinerator or landfill in the state of Tennessee to accept automobile batteries for incineration or disposal. (b) (1) When a retailer sells lead-acid batteries, the retailer shall accept used lead-acid batteries as trade-in batteries. (2) For the purposes of this subsection (b), "retailer" does not include a person who sells articles of personal property of which a lead-acid battery is a component part. Acts 1989, ch. 250, § 8; 1991, ch. 451, § 37; T.C.A., § 68-31-608.

(a) It is illegal for any incinerator or landfill in the state of Tennessee to accept automobile batteries for incineration or disposal.

(b) (1) When a retailer sells lead-acid batteries, the retailer shall accept used lead-acid batteries as trade-in batteries. (2) For the purposes of this subsection (b), "retailer" does not include a person who sells articles of personal property of which a lead-acid battery is a component part.

(1) When a retailer sells lead-acid batteries, the retailer shall accept used lead-acid batteries as trade-in batteries.

(2) For the purposes of this subsection (b), "retailer" does not include a person who sells articles of personal property of which a lead-acid battery is a component part.

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