Britain, Ireland and Luxembourg have never imposed fees on analog tape-recording equipment, and they are against the digital fees as well.
The section in question would have imposed fees on importers, farmers and food processors whose food is recalled because of contamination.
In 2008, Albany failed to approve even an experimental version of Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan that would have imposed fees on cars coming into Manhattan during rush hours.
Though such laws have been the subject of lawsuits in the past, several cities and other localities have imposed fees on single-use carryout bags, including Suffolk County, where such a plan led to a sharp reduction in their use.
Nevada and Arizona states have imposed fees on rooftop solar power.
In Arizona and elsewhere, utility regulators have imposed fees on ratepayers who install grid-connected solar PV arrays, but generally much lower tariffs than had been sought by investor-owned utilities.
Germany has moved furthest toward imposing fees on computer equipment.
The bags' proliferation has inspired whole countries to ban them or impose fees on them.
The first allowed funds to impose fees on redemptions or suspend them for up to ten days to prevent runs.
Carmakers are already digging in their heels against a state proposal to impose fees on the thirstiest vehicles.
He said they should impose fees on clients, even if the sums were low or payment was delayed.
