Bill Text: CA SB1175 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Organic waste: reduction goals: local jurisdictions: waivers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-08-15 - August 15 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB1175 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB1175-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1175

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Introduced by Senator Ochoa Bogh
(Coauthor: Senator Dahle)
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Lackey)

February 14, 2024

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An act to add Section 42652.9 to the Public Resources Code, relating to organic waste.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1175, as introduced, Ochoa Bogh. Organic waste: reduction goals: local jurisdictions: waivers.

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a certain reduction in statewide emissions of methane, including a goal of a 75% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025.

Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations that achieve those targets for reducing organic waste in landfills that may include, among other things, different levels of requirements for local jurisdictions and phased timelines based upon their progress in meeting the organic waste reduction goals, and penalties to be imposed by the department for noncompliance. The department’s regulations authorize low-population and elevation waivers for a local jurisdiction based on, among other things, a consideration of the jurisdiction’s census tracts, that exempt the jurisdiction from all or some of the department’s organic waste collection requirements. The department’s regulations authorize a low-population waiver issued pursuant to the department’s regulations to be valid for a period of up to 5 years, as provided.

This bill would require the department to consider alternatives to census tracts, as provided, when deciding the boundaries of a low-population or elevation waiver and would require low-population waivers to be valid for a period of 10 years.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 42652.9 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:

42652.9.

 (a) When reviewing and evaluating a waiver application that is submitted by a local jurisdiction to the department pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) or paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2024, the department shall consider the following alternatives to census tracts when deciding the boundaries of those waivers:

(1) Boundaries submitted by counties, cities, or other public agencies.

(2) Boundaries of incorporated cities.

(3) Boundaries of census-designated places.

(b) Waivers issued by the department pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2024, shall be valid for a period of 10 years.