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| | | An Act To Reduce Mercury Use in Measuring Devices and |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1661, sub-§3-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 3-A.__Mercury relay.__"Mercury relay" means a mercury-added | | product or device that opens or closes electrical contacts to | | effect the operation of other devices in the same or another | | electrical circuit.__"Mercury relay" includes mercury | | displacement relays, mercury wetted reed relays and mercury | | contact relays. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §1661, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 656, §1, is | | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | 4.__Mercury switch.__"Mercury switch" means a mercury-added | | product or device that opens or closes an electrical circuit or | | gas valve.__"Mercury switch" includes mercury float switches | | actuated by rising or falling liquid levels, mercury tilt | | switches actuated by a change in the switch position, mercury | | pressure switches actuated by a change in pressure, mercury | | temperature switches actuated by a change in temperature and | | mercury flame sensors.__"Mercury switch" does not include a | | mercury-added thermostat. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §1661-C, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 620, §1, is | | amended to read: |
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