Bill Text: CA AB1337 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Solid waste: plastic bag: recycling.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-08-13 - From committee without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a). [AB1337 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1337-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1337 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 21, 2013 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Allen FEBRUARY 22, 2013 An act toamend Section 42251 ofadd Section 42254.5 to the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1337, as amended, Allen. Solid waste: plastic bag: recycling. Existing law requires a store, as defined, to establish an at-store recycling program to provide an opportunity for a customer of the store to return to the store clean plastic carryout bags. Existing law authorizes a retail establishment that is not a store, as defined, and that provides plastic carryout bags, to adopt an at-store recycling program. This bill wouldmake technical, nonsubstantive changes to the above provisionprohibit a city, county, or other public agency from adopting, implementing, or enforcing an ordinance, resolution, regulation, or rule that prohibits a retail establishment from offering to its customers, or otherwise prohibits a person from using, a single-use plastic carryout bag for purposes of containing specified products. The bill would also prohibit a city, county, or other public agency that otherwise prohibits the distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags by retail establishments from adopting, implementing, or enforcing an ordinance, resolution, regulation, or rule that imposes a fee, tax, or other charge upon a retail establishment that provides a single-use carryout bag that is not made of plastic to its customers or that requires the retail establishment to collect a fee, tax, or other charge from a customer for providing that type of single-use carry out bag. The bill would declare the matters regulated by the bill are of statewide interest and concern . Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 42254.5 is added to the Public Resources Code , to read: 42254.5. (a) For purposes of this section, "household chemical product" means a chemically formulated product used by households or consumers, including, but not limited to, detergents, cleaning compounds, polishes, floor finishes, cosmetics, personal care products, home, lawn, and garden products, disinfectants, and sanitizers. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that both of the following are matters of statewide interest and concern: (1) The use of single-use plastic carryout bags for the purposes specified in subdivision (c). (2) The imposition of a tax, fee, or charge for providing a single-use carryout bag that is not made of plastic, as specified in subdivision (d). (c) A city, county, or other public agency, including, but not limited to, a chartered city or county, shall not adopt, implement, or enforce an ordinance, resolution, regulation, or rule that prohibits a retail establishment from offering to its customers, or that otherwise prohibits a person from using, a single-use plastic carryout bag for purposes of containing meat, poultry, fruits, vegetables, household chemical products, or food or products intended for consumption or use by domestic pets. (d) A city, county, or other public agency, including, but not limited to, a chartered city or county, that otherwise prohibits the distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags by a retail establishment to its customers shall not adopt, implement, or enforce an ordinance, resolution, regulation, or rule that imposes a fee, tax, or other charge upon a retail establishment that provides a single-use carryout bag that is not made of plastic to its customers or that requires the retail establishment to collect a fee, tax, or other charge from a customer for providing a single-use carry-out bag that is not made of plastic. (e) This section does not prohibit a retail establishment from selling a reusable bag to its customers.SECTION 1.Section 42251 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 42251. (a) The operator of a store shall establish an at-store recycling program pursuant to this chapter that provides an opportunity for a customer of the store to return to the store clean plastic carryout bags. (b) A retail establishment that is not a store, as specified in Section 42250, and that provides plastic carryout bags to customers at the point of sale may also adopt an at-store recycling program, as specified in this chapter.