California Health and Safety Code

§ 25216.3

HSC § 25216.3 Effective Jan 1, 1999Div. 20 · Ch. 6.5 · Art. 10.6

Statute text

(a)For purposes of this section, “spent dry cell battery containing zinc electrodes” means an alkaline or zinc-carbon battery, that meets all of the following conditions:

(1)It is an enclosed device or sealed container consisting of one or more voltaic or galvanic cells, electrically connected to produce electric energy, of any shape, including, but not limited to, button, coin, cylindrical, or rectangular, and designed for commercial, industrial, medical, institutional, or household use.

(2)It contains an electrode comprised of zinc or zinc oxide or a combination thereof, and a liquid starved or gelled electrolyte.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 281, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.