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Statutes > Tennessee > Title-68 > Chapter-211 > Part-6 > 68-211-60868-211-608. Automobile batteries Incineration or disposal Lead-acid batteries Trade-ins on retail sales.
(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, 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.]
