Business and Professions Code section 17531.7

(a)

No manufacturer, processor, or distributor of television picture tubes shall sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale any such tube unless the television picture tube and its container, if any, are correctly labeled to indicate the new and used materials of such tube according to the schedule and manner as hereinafter provided.
Description of the picture tube by new and used components and materials shall be indicated by setting forth on the label the particular grade and verbatim description as selected from the following which applies to such tube.
Schedule
Black and White Picture Tubes
Grade AA—Description—All new components and materials including new glass envelope.
Grade A—Description—Used glass envelope, all other components and materials are new.
Grade B—Description—Used glass envelope, used phosphorescent viewing screen, used aluminization, used internal conductive coating, all other components and materials are new.
Grade C—Description—Used picture tube for resale, all significant components and materials are used.
Color Picture Tubes
Grade AA—Description—All new components and materials, including new glass envelope.
Grade A—Description—Used glass envelope, new or used shadow mask, all other components and materials are new.
Grade B—Description—New electron gun, all other components and materials are used.
Grade C—Description—Used picture tube for resale, all significant components and materials are used.

(b)

The fact that a used picture tube has been rejuvenated, or has a new or used brightener attached to it, or has fresh paint or coating on the outside, or any combination of the above, shall not change its status or description as a Grade C picture tube, and the terms “rebuilt” or “reconditioned” or words of like import shall not be used to describe such tube.

(c)

Where a picture tube is a “second” such tube shall be designated by label as a “second” to the exclusion of any other grade designation or component description and the following additional notation shall appear verbatim on the label:
—This picture tube is a manufacturer’s reject orsecond line quality tube but it is capable ofgiving satisfactory performance—

Source: Section 17531.7, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=17531.­7.­ (accessed May 4, 2025).

Last Updated

Apr. 24, 2025

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