Bill Text: CA AB1228 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Income taxes: credits: compostable cutlery.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1228 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB1228-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1228

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Introduced by Assembly Member Calderon

February 21, 2019

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An act to amend Section 41054 of the Public Resources Code, relating to waste management.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1228, as introduced, Calderon. Waste management: city source reduction component.

The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, which is administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, requires each city and county, and each regional agency formed pursuant to the act, to develop a source reduction and recycling element of an integrated waste management plan to divert 50% of all solid waste through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities. The act requires a city or county source reduction component to, among other things, evaluate and identify rate structures and fees to reduce the amount of wastes that generators produce.

This bill would require the city source reduction component to additionally evaluate and identify incentivizing programs for that same purpose. To the extent this bill would add to the duties of cities, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: YES  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 41054 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

41054.

 The city source reduction component shall evaluate and identify rate structures and fees structures, fees, and incentivizing programs to reduce the amount of wastes that generators produce, and other source reduction strategies, including, but not limited to, programs and economic incentives to reduce the use of nonrecyclable materials, replace disposable materials and products with reusable materials and products, reduce packaging, and increase the efficiency of the use of paper, cardboard, glass, metal, and other materials.

SEC. 2.

 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.