BILL NUMBER: SB 1619	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 23, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 2, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 8, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 17, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Romero and Sher
   (Coauthor:  Senator Soto)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2002

   An act to add Sections 42590, 42591,  42592, and 42593
  and 42592  to the Public Resources Code, relating
to solid waste.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1619, as amended, Romero.  Solid waste:  cathode ray tubes and
CRT devices.
   Existing law requires the California Integrated Waste Management
Board to administer state programs to recycle plastic trash bags,
plastic packaging containers, waste tires, newsprint, and other
specified materials.
   This bill would require the board, using funds appropriated for
these purposes, to provide (1)  matching  grant
funds to local governments to establish and maintain local programs
that provide for the convenient and cost-effective collection and
processing of cathode ray tubes and CRT devices; (2) annual recycling
incentive payments to CRT material handlers that collect and process
cathode ray tubes and CRT devices; (3) grants to nonprofit agencies
that recycle and refurbish cathode ray tubes and CRT devices for
reuse; and (4) grants to manufacturers of CRT devices to encourage
consumers to return the devices for processing, recycling, or reuse
and to assist manufacturers in collecting, processing, recycling, or
reusing CRT devices. The bill would also require these funds to be
used by the board to establish a public information program to
educate the public on the hazards of improper CRT device storage and
disposal and on the opportunities to recycle CRT devices; and to
provide funding to the Department of Toxic Substances Control to
implement and enforce certain provisions relating to hazardous waste
control, as those provisions relate to CRT devices, and any
regulations adopted by the department pursuant thereto.
   The bill would prohibit the board from making any grant or
incentive payment under the program unless the applicant for the
grant or payment demonstrates (1) that the CRT devices collected by
the applicant will be recycled, refurbished, or disposed of in a
manner that is in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and
local laws, regulations, and ordinances, and that the devices will
not be exported from the state for disposal in a manner that poses a
significant risk to the public health or the environment; and (2)
that the applicant will accept for recycling or refurbishment any CRT
device for which fees have been paid and a label has been issued,
without charging for that recycling or refurbishment.
   The bill would provide state goals relating to the diversion,
reuse, and recycling of cathode ray tubes and CRT devices.  
   The bill would require that on and after January 1, 2004, all
cathode ray tubes and CRT devices sold in the state, and packaging
containing those tubes and devices, include a clear and conspicuous
label of a size and format approved by the Department of Toxic
Substances Control, containing certain information regarding the
proper disposal of the tubes and devices. 
   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 42590 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   42590.  Using funds appropriated for these purposes, the board
shall do all of the following:
   (a) Provide grant funds to local governments to establish and
maintain local programs that provide for the convenient and
cost-effective collection and processing of cathode ray tubes and CRT
devices.
   (b) Provide annual recycling incentive payments to CRT material
handlers that collect and process cathode ray tubes and CRT devices,
if those facilities comply with all of the applicable provisions of
Sections 66273.80 to 66273.90, inclusive, of Title 22 of the
California Code of Regulations.
   (c) Provide grants to nonprofit organizations that recycle and
refurbish cathode ray tubes and CRT devices for reuse.  Grants to
nonprofit organizations made under this subdivision may be made
available for the purposes of refurbishing and reselling CRT devices
and for the training of persons in the repair, refurbishing, and
recycling of those devices.
   (d) Provide grants to manufacturers of CRT devices to encourage
consumers to return the devices for processing, recycling, or reuse
and to assist manufacturers in collecting, processing, recycling, or
reusing CRT devices.
   (e) Establish a public information program to educate the public
on the hazards of improper CRT device storage and disposal and on the
opportunities to recycle CRT devices.  Not more than 1 percent of
funds in the account may be used for the purposes of implementing
this subdivision.
   (f) Provide funding to the Department of Toxic Substances Control
to implement and enforce Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25000)
of the Health and Safety Code, as that chapter relates to CRT
devices, and any regulations adopted by that department pursuant
thereto.
  SEC. 2.  Section 42591 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   42591.  No grant or incentive payment may be made by the board
under subdivision (a) to (d), inclusive, of Section 42590 unless the
applicant for the grant or payment demonstrates both of the
following:
   (a) The CRT devices collected by the applicant will be recycled,
refurbished, or disposed of in a manner that is in compliance with
all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and
ordinances, and the devices will not be exported from the state for
disposal in a manner that poses a significant risk to the public
health or the environment.
   (b) The applicant will accept for recycling or refurbishment any
CRT device for which fees have been paid and a label has been issued
without charging for that recycling or refurbishment.
  SEC. 3.  Section 42592 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   42592.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that existing law
prohibits the disposal of cathode ray tubes and CRT devices in
landfill facilities and requires that the tubes and devices be
disposed of in accordance with provisions of law relating to disposal
of hazardous waste.
   (b) Accordingly, the Legislature further finds and declares that
the following shall be the goals of the state regarding the
diversion, reuse, and recycling of cathode ray tubes and CRT devices:

   (1) On and after January 1, 2004, not less than 80 percent of
cathode ray tubes and CRT devices shall be diverted from disposal in
landfill facilities.
   (2) On and after January 1, 2006, not less than 95 percent of
cathode ray tubes and CRT devices shall be diverted from disposal in
landfill facilities.
   (3) On and after January 1, 2004, not less than 25 percent of
cathode ray tubes and CRT devices shall be diverted from disposal at
a hazardous waste facility and recovered for reuse or recycling.
   (4) On and after January 1, 2007, not less than 50 percent of
cathode ray tubes and CRT devices shall be diverted from disposal at
a hazardous waste facility and recovered for reuse or recycling.
   (5) On and after January 1, 2010, not less than 75 percent of
cathode ray tubes and CRT devices shall be diverted from disposal at
a hazardous waste facility and recovered for reuse or recycling.
   (c) This section is intended to provide goals to facilitate and
encourage compliance with existing laws relating to the disposal of
hazardous waste.  Nothing in this section is intended to supercede
any other provision of law relating to the disposal of hazardous
waste.  
  SEC. 4.  Section 42593 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   42593.  On and after January 1, 2004, all cathode ray tubes and
CRT devices sold in the state, and packaging containing those tubes
or devices, shall include a clear and conspicuous label of a size and
format approved by the Department of Toxic Substances Control,
containing both of the following:
   (a) A warning statement approved by the Department of Toxic
Substances Control specifying that the cathode ray tube or CRT device
contains one or more hazardous materials, the disposal of which may
pose a threat to public health and the environment.
   (b) Information on opportunities for and the appropriate means of
discarding the cathode ray tube or CRT device, including a toll-free
telephone number or Internet address where consumers can get specific
information on convenient, no-cost opportunities for discarding
cathode ray tubes and CRT devices for reuse, recycling, or proper
waste management.