Bill Text: PA SB1240 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requiring large-screen television sets sold in this Commonwealth to be energy efficient.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-26 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY [SB1240 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1240-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1698
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1240 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, FERLO, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, WASHINGTON, O'PAKE, MUSTO, FONTANA, RAFFERTY AND BOSCOLA, FEBRUARY 26, 2010
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010
AN ACT
Requiring large-screen television sets sold in this Commonwealth
to be energy efficient.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Energy efficiency.
A television set that is 58 inches or smaller and sold in
this Commonwealth after the effective date of this section shall
conform to a two-phase energy usage reduction system of
regulations that shall be determined by the Department of
Environmental Protection.
Section 2. Efficiency phases.
The first reduction in energy usage, to take place one year
after the effective date of this section, shall consist of a
reduction in the amount of energy that a television uses by an
average of 33%. The second reduction, to take place five years
after the effective date of this section, shall consist of a
reduction in the amount of energy that a television uses by an
average of 50%.
Section 3. Regulations.
The Department of Environmental Protection shall develop
rules and regulations to carry out the two-phase energy usage
reduction system. These regulations shall be published in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin.
Section 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) Section 3 of this act shall take effect immediately.
(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect 30 days
after the publication of the regulations in section 3.
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