SENATE DOCKET, NO. 126        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 443

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to antique barometers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 21H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “devices”, in line 108, the following words:- , antique barometers and mercury thermometers that were manufactured before 1955.

SECTION 2.  Section 6D of said chapter 21H, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “barometers”, in line 5, the following words:- , except for antique barometers, including those with attached mercury thermometers, that were manufactured before 1955.

SECTION 3.  Section 6K of said chapter 21H, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-(f) A person who sells an antique that contains mercury shall clearly inform the purchaser in writing, at the time of sale, that the antique contains mercury, that mercury is a hazardous substance that is regulated by federal and state law and of the proper methods for disposal and recycling of the antique.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect on May 1, 2009.