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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_130A > GS_130A-309_72§130A‑309.72. Wholesalers required to accept lead‑acid batteries.
(a) No person sellingnew lead‑acid batteries at wholesale shall refuse to accept fromcustomers at the point of transfer, used lead‑acid batteries of the typeand in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased, ifoffered by customers. A person accepting batteries in transfer from a batteryretailer shall be allowed a period not to exceed 90 days to remove batteriesfrom the retail point of collection.
(b) Any person whoviolates this section shall be assessed a civil penalty of fifty dollars($50.00) per violation. Each battery refused by a wholesaler or not removedfrom the retail point of collection within 90 days shall constitute a separateviolation.
The clear proceeds of civilpenalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the CivilPenalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C‑457.2. (1991,c. 375, s. 2; 1998‑215, s. 58.)
