Bill Text: NJ A4194 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes mobile electronic waste destruction units to operate without DEP permit.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-17 - Substituted by S2978 (1R) [A4194 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4194-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 4194

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 12, 2015

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  JOHN J. BURZICHELLI

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Authorizes mobile electronic waste destruction units to operate without DEP permit.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning mobile electronic waste destruction units, and supplementing P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.11 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of section 41 of P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.34) or any other law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, the owner or operator of a mobile unit that crushes, shreds, or otherwise destroys electronic storage devices for the purpose of destroying the data contained therein shall not be required to obtain prior approval to operate the mobile unit from the Department of Environmental Protection.

     As used in this section, "electronic storage device" means a computer processing unit, hard drive, or laptop computer.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would authorize the owner or operator of a mobile unit that crushes, shreds, or otherwise destroys electronic storage devices, such as computer hard drives, for the purpose of destroying the data contained in the device, to operate the mobile unit without a recycling permit from the Department of Environmental Protection.