Also under current law, a manufacturer must report certain information to
DNR when it submits its annual registration under the program. This bill requires
manufacturers, when reporting the total weight of electronics recycled by or on
behalf of the manufacturer each year, to also report the weight of electronics collected
from rural counties separately from electronics collected from urban counties.
The bill also requires DNR to create a program to provide grants to expand
electronics recycling and recovery programs in underserved areas of the state.
Grants may be provided to local units of government, businesses, and nonprofit
entities, including religious nonprofits, for hosting a collection site or collection
event. The bill requires a grant recipient to provide matching funds equal to at least
20 percent of the cost of the project for which the grant is provided. The bill directs
DNR to prioritize grants for projects that will take place in counties that do not have
permanent electronics recycling collection sites.
Finally, under current law, a program year runs from July 1 to the following
June 30. This bill creates an 18-month transition period (transition year) that runs

from July 1, 2022, to December 31, 2023. After the transition year, a program year
runs from January 1 to December 31.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB248,1 1Section 1. 287.13 (5) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB248,3,32 287.13 (5) (i) Solid waste that consists of eligible electronic devices, as defined
3in s. 287.17 (1) (gs), used by households or covered schools.
SB248,2 4Section 2. 287.17 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB248,3,75 287.17 (1) (b) “Collection" means the act of receiving eligible electronic devices
6from households or covered schools and delivering, or arranging for the delivery of,
7the eligible electronic devices to a recycler.
SB248,3 8Section 3. 287.17 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB248,3,119 287.17 (1) (c) “Collector" means a person who receives eligible electronic
10devices from households or covered schools and delivers, or arranges for the delivery
11of, the eligible electronic devices to a recycler.
SB248,4 12Section 4. 287.17 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB248,3,1713 287.17 (1) (e) “Consumer computer" means a high-speed data processing
14device for performing logical, arithmetic, or storage functions that is marketed by the
15manufacturer for use by households or covered schools, except that “consumer
16computer" does not include an automated typewriter or typesetter, a portable
17hand-held calculator or device, or other similar device.
SB248,5 18Section 5. 287.17 (1) (eg) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB248,4,3
1287.17 (1) (eg) 1. (intro.) “Consumer printer" means, except as provided in
2subd. 2., one of the following that is marketed by the manufacturer for use by
3households or covered schools:
SB248,6 4Section 6 . 287.17 (1) (eg) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB248,4,75 287.17 (1) (eg) 1. b. A device listed under par. (gs) 1. to 6. or 7. that prints and
6has other functions, such as copying, scanning, or sending facsimiles,
and that is
7designed to be placed on a desk or other work surface.
SB248,7 8Section 7 . 287.17 (1) (eg) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB248,4,129 287.17 (1) (eg) 2. “Consumer printer" does not include a calculator with
10printing capabilities or a , label maker, or other similar household printing device;
11a floor-standing printer; an automated teller machine, as defined in s. 134.85 (1) (a);
12or a point-of-sale receipt printer
.
SB248,8 13Section 8. 287.17 (1) (em) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB248,4,1814 287.17 (1) (em) (intro.) “Consumer video display device" means a television or
15computer monitor with a tube or screen that is at least 7 inches in its longest diagonal
16measurement and that is marketed by the manufacturer for use by households or
17covered schools, except that “consumer video display device" does not include any of
18the following:
SB248,9 19Section 9. 287.17 (1) (gs) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB248,4,2320 287.17 (1) (gs) (intro.) “Eligible electronic device" means a device that is one
21of the following and that is used by a household primarily for personal use or by a
22covered school, unless the device is of a kind exempted by a rule promulgated under
23s. 287.17 (10) (i):
SB248,10 24Section 10 . 287.17 (1) (k) of the statutes is renumbered 287.17 (1) (k) (intro.)
25and amended to read:
SB248,5,2
1287.17 (1) (k) (intro.) “Program year" means the period from July 1 to the
2following June 30.
one of the following:
SB248,11 3Section 11 . 287.17 (1) (k) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
SB248,5,54 287.17 (1) (k) 1. For any period before the beginning of the transition year, a
5period that runs from July 1 to the following June 30.
SB248,12 6Section 12 . 287.17 (1) (k) 2. of the statutes is created to read: