LEADFREE'ers,
I've been studying California's Senate Bill 20 and Senate Bill 50 (SB20
and SB50) to see what effects they will have on design dngineers and
electronics manufacturers.  I've come up with the following summary:

California adopted Senate Bill No. 20 (SB20) on September 25, 2003.
Senate Bill No. 50 (SB50), adopted on September 29, 2003, amends SB20 in
a number of areas, but the combination is usually still referred to as
"SB20". SB20 creates a number of bureaucratic hurdles and snares for
anyone who sells, or wants to sell, certain types of electronic
equipment (SB50, pages 9, 11; SB20, page 9) to consumers in California:
*  Beginning April 1, 2004, the manufacturer must inform retailers that
   their equipment is subject to the waste recycling fee (SB50, page 1).
*  Beginning October 1, 2004, the manufacturer must notify the State
   Board of Equilization that their product would be considered
   hazardous waste when it is discarded.
*  Beginning January 1, 2005, electronic equipment must be labeled with
   the manufacturer's name or the manufacturer's brand name (SB50 , page
   13; SB20, page 12).
*  For all sales after January 1, 2005 (new or refurbished), the
   manufacturer must be certified as being in compliance with SB20 by
   the California Integrated Waste Management Board or the Department of
   Toxic Substances Control (SB50, page 2).
*  Beginning January 1, 2005, the retailer must collect the waste
   recycling fee when they sell the equipment (SB50, pages 2, 11).
*  Beginning July 1, 2005, and annually thereafter, manufacturers must
   report to the State Board of Equilization how many electronic devices
   covered by SB20 they sold in California during the previous year, as
   well as the total amount of mercury, cadmium, lead, hexavalent
   chromium, PBB's, and recyclable materials they contained (SB50, pages
   2, 13).
*  Beginning January 1, 2007, or when the RoHS Directive becomes
   effective in the European Union (whichever comes later), lead,
   mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium are banned from electronic
   equipment sold in California (SB50, page 5; SB20, page 6).

Is this summary accurate?  Have I missed anything important?  I want to
include a good summary of SB20 and SB50 in the "Government" sections of
my web pages
   http://www.dbicorporation.com/rohs.htm  (under construction)
   http://www.dbicorporation.com/rohsbib.htm

Thanks!
                John Barnes KS4GL, PE, NCE, ESDC Eng, SM IEEE
                dBi Corporation
                http://www.dbicorporation.com/

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