(a) It is illegal for any incinerator or landfill in the state of Tennessee to accept automobile batteries for incineration or disposal.(b)(1) When a retailer sells lead-acid batteries, the retailer shall accept used lead-acid batteries as trade-in batteries.(2) For the purposes of this subsection (b), 'retailer' does not include a person who sells articles of personal property of which a lead-acid battery is a component part.Acts 1989, ch. 250, § 8; 1991, ch. 451, § 37; T.C.A., § 68-31-608.
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