Sec. 20. Role of retailers.

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(a)Beginning July 1, 2026, a retailer may not sell, offer for sale, distribute, or otherwise make available for sale a covered battery or battery-containing product containing one or more covered batteries unless the producer of the covered battery or battery-containing product is identified as a participant in a battery stewardship organization whose plan has been approved by the Agency.

(b)A retailer is not in violation of the requirements of subsection

(a)of this Section if the website made available by the Agency under Section 55 lists, as of the date a product is made available for retail sale, the producer or brand of covered battery or battery-containing product containing one or more covered batteries sold by the retailer as a participant in an approved plan or the implementer of an approved plan.

(c)Retailers of covered batteries or battery-containing products containing one or more covered batteries are not required to make retail locations available to serve as collection sites for a stewardship program operated by a battery stewardship organization. Retailers that serve as a collection site must comply with the requirements for collection sites, consistent with Section 40.

(d)A retailer may not sell, offer for sale, distribute, or otherwise make available for sale covered batteries, unless those batteries are marked consistently with the requirements of Section 65. A producer of a product containing a covered battery must certify to the retailers of its product that the battery contained in the battery-containing product is marked consistently with the requirements of Section 65.

(e)A retailer selling or offering covered batteries or battery-containing products containing one or more covered batteries for sale in the State may provide information, provided to the retailer by the battery stewardship organization, regarding available end-of-life management options for covered batteries collected by the battery stewardship organization. The information that a battery stewardship organization must make available to retailers for voluntary use by retailers must include, but is not limited to, in-store signage, written materials, and other promotional materials that retailers may use to inform customers of the available end-of-life management options for covered batteries collected by the battery stewardship organization.

(f)Retailers, producers, or battery stewardship organizations shall not charge a specific point-of-sale fee to consumers to cover the administrative or operational costs of the battery stewardship organization or the battery stewardship program.