BILL NUMBER: SB 1619 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 30, 2002
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 26, 2002
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, and 42592 to the Public
Resources Code, relating to solid waste.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1619, 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) 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 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.