Bill Text: CA AB2959 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Solid waste: byproducts from the processing of food or beverages.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-08-11 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2959 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2959-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Solid waste: byproducts from the processing of food or beverages.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-08-11 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2959 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2959-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2959
| Introduced by Assembly Member Calderon |
February 21, 2020 |
An act to amend Section 40059.4 of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2959, as introduced, Calderon.
Solid waste: byproducts from the processing of food or beverages.
The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid waste. The act authorizes each county, city, district, or other local governmental agency to determine, among other things, whether solid waste handling services are provided for by means of a nonexclusive, partially exclusive, or wholly exclusive franchise, contract, license, permit, or otherwise. Existing law prohibits a county, city, district, or local governmental agency from subjecting the hauling of certain byproducts from the processing of food or beverages to an exclusive franchise, contract, license, or permit if the byproducts meet certain conditions, including that the byproducts originate from agricultural or industrial sources. Existing law defines “industrial source” for these purposes
to include, among others, entities required to be registered for the manufacture, packing, or holding of any processed food in this state and certain entities exempt from that registration.
This bill would provide that these provisions do not limit the authority of a county, city, district, or local government agency to establish reasonable requirements for the purpose of verifying compliance with the conditions for byproducts. The bill would reauthorize a county, city, district, or local government to subject the hauling of byproducts from the processing of food or beverages to an exclusive franchise, contract, license, or permit, if those byproducts originate from a supermarket, grocer, restaurant, or other retail food establishment.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 40059.4 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:40059.4.
(a) For purposes of this section, “industrial source” means any of the following:(1) An entity required to be registered pursuant to Section 110460 of the Health and Safety Code. Code, except for supermarkets, grocers, restaurants, and other retail food establishments.
(2) An entity exempted from registration pursuant to Section 110480 of the Health and Safety Code.
Code, except for supermarkets, grocers, restaurants, and other retail food establishments.
(3) A beer manufacturer, as defined in Section 23012 of the Business and Professions Code.
(4) A distilled spirits manufacturer, as defined in Section 23015 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) A county, city, district, or local governmental agency shall not subject the hauling of byproducts from the processing of food or beverages to an exclusive solid waste franchise, contract, license, or permit, if those byproducts meet all of the following conditions:
(1) The byproducts originate from agricultural or
industrial sources.
(2) The byproducts do not include animal, including fish, processing byproducts.
(3) The byproducts are source separated by the generator of the byproducts.
(4) The byproducts are not discarded.
(5) The byproducts are used as animal feed.
(c) This section does not limit the authority of a county, city, district, or local government agency to establish reasonable requirements for the purpose of verifying compliance with the conditions set forth in subdivision (b).
