Bill Text: CA AB812 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Solid waste: recycled asphalt.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 230, Statutes of 2012. [AB812 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB812-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 812	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 6, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 12, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ma
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Skinner)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to add Section 42704 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 812, as amended, Ma. Solid waste: recycled asphalt.
   Under existing law, it is the policy of the state to conserve and
protect resources by encouraging the recycling of solid waste and the
purchase of those recycled materials, including recycled concrete
and rubberized asphalt concrete.
   Under existing law, in purchasing any materials to be used in
paving or paving subbase for use by the Department of Transportation
or any other state agency that provides road construction and repair
services, the State Procurement Officer is required to make contracts
available for those items that use recycled materials.
   Existing law also requires the State Procurement Officer to make
contracts available that use crumb rubber,  as defined, 
unless the Director of Transportation determines that the use of the
materials is not cost effective based on specified factors.
   This bill would authorize the Department of Transportation, by
January 1, 2014, to establish specifications for the use of reclaimed
asphalt pavement (RAP) of up to 40% for hot mix asphalt mixes. 
The bill would specify that this authorization does not limit the
authority of the department to establish specifications for this use
of reclaimed asphalt pavement in amounts greater than 40%.  The
bill would require the department to submit a report to the
Legislature, by March 1, 2016, on its progress, since the year 2011,
toward the development and implementation of these specifications.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 42704 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   42704.  (a) On or before January 1, 2014, the Department of
Transportation may, with input from the Caltrans/Industry Rock
Products Committee, establish specifications for the use of reclaimed
asphalt pavement (RAP) of up to 40 percent for hot mix asphalt
mixes. 
   (b) Subdivision (a) does not limit the authority of the Department
of Transportation to establish specifications for the use of
reclaimed asphalt pavement in amounts greater than 40 percent for hot
mix asphalt mixes.  
   (b) 
    (   c)  (1) On or before March 1, 2016, the
Department of Transportation shall submit a report to the Legislature
in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code on its
progress, since the year 2011, toward the development and
implementation of the specifications for reclaimed asphalt pavement,
as specified in subdivision (a).
   (2) This subdivision shall become inoperative on March 1, 2020,
pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.