{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-309.72","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-309.72","heading":"Wholesalers required to accept lead-acid batteries.","body":"(a)\tNo person selling new lead-acid batteries at wholesale shall refuse to accept from customers at the point of transfer, used lead-acid batteries of the type and in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased, if offered by customers. A person accepting batteries in transfer from a battery retailer shall be allowed a period not to exceed 90 days to remove batteries from the retail point of collection.\n(b)\tAny person who violates this section shall be assessed a civil penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) per violation. Each battery refused by a wholesaler or not removed from the retail point of collection within 90 days shall constitute a separate violation.\nThe clear proceeds of civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2. (1991, c. 375, s. 2; 1998-215, s. 58.)","path":["Chapter 130A. Public Health.","Article 9. Solid Waste Management.","Part 2C. Lead-Acid Batteries."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_130A/GS_130A-309.72.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:20:37Z","sha256":"f9a0e9abca258cf0589bbc36d8a921bb72c6df1761eab476a7d3d4b3ee05ce64","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-309.71","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-309.73"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}