Bill Text: CA SB423 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Surplus household consumer product waste: management.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 771, Statutes of 2016. [SB423 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB423-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 423	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  771
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 25, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 1, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 21, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 6, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 3, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Bates

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to add Section 25218.14 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to hazardous waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 423, Bates. Surplus household consumer product waste:
management.
   Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and
Recovery, in consultation with the Department of Toxic Substances
Control, to develop and implement a public information program to
provide uniform and consistent information on the proper disposal of
hazardous substances found in and around homes. Existing law provides
for regulation of the disposition of hazardous waste by the
Department of Toxic Substances Control.
   This bill would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control
to convene a Retail Waste Working Group, as prescribed, to consider
and make findings and recommendations relating to requirements for
the management of surplus household consumer products, waste
reduction opportunities for those products, and waste management
requirements, as specified. The bill would require the working group
to report these findings and recommendations to the Legislature by
June 1, 2017.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 25218.14 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
   25218.14.  (a) The department shall convene a Retail Waste Working
Group comprised of representatives of large retailers, small
retailers, district attorneys, certified unified program agencies,
nongovernment organizations, local governments, other relevant state
agencies as determined by the department, manufacturers, reverse
distributors, and other stakeholders to consider and make findings
and recommendations on the following:
   (1) Regulatory and statutory requirements that may be considered
confusing or may need clarification or specification when applied to
the overall management by manufacturer, distributor, supplier,
vendor, retail, and reverse logistics facilities of surplus household
consumer products, including products that can be considered
hazardous waste or pharmaceutical waste once a waste determination is
made.
   (2) Statutory or regulatory recommendations to facilitate and
increase the donation, liquidation, and sale of surplus household
consumer products, and waste reduction opportunities for those
products, and to clarify waste management requirements to encourage
the management of surplus household consumer products by
manufacturer, distributor, supplier, vendor, retail, and reverse
logistics facilities in a manner that is protective of public health
and the environment.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "surplus household consumer
product" means a household consumer product that cannot or will not
be sold to a consumer through that product's primary market.
   (c) By June 1, 2017, the Retail Waste Working Group shall report
the findings and recommendations made pursuant to subdivision (a) to
the Legislature.