1. (a) A battery stewardship organization implementing a battery stewardship plan on behalf of producers must develop and administer a system to collect charges from participating producers to cover the costs of plan implementation, including:

   1. (1) battery collection, transporting, and processing;
   2. (2) education and outreach;
   3. (3) program evaluation; and
   4. (4) payment of the administrative fees to the Agency under Section 55.
2. (b) Each battery stewardship organization is responsible for all costs of participating covered battery collection, transportation, processing, education, administration, agency reimbursement, recycling, and end-of-life management in accordance with the requirements of this Act.
3. (c) Each battery stewardship organization must meet the collection goals established in the approved stewardship plan as specified in Section 25.
4. (d) A battery stewardship organization shall not reduce or cease collection, education and outreach, or other activities implemented under an approved plan based on achievement of program performance goals.
5. (e) A battery stewardship organization must reimburse local governments for demonstrable costs incurred as a result of a local government facility or solid waste handling facility serving as a collection site for a program including, but not limited to, associated labor costs and other costs associated with accessibility and collection site standards such as storage.
6. (f) A battery stewardship organization shall at a minimum provide collection sites with appropriate containers for covered batteries subject to its program, training, signage, safety guidance, and educational materials, at no cost to the collection sites.

(Source: P.A. 103-1033, eff. 8-9-24.)