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                    Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
          
                                           1619 (Romero)
          
          Hearing Date:  5/16/02          Amended: 5/8/02        
          Consultant:  Miriam B. Ingenito              Policy Vote:  
          EQ 5-1                   
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          BILL SUMMARY:  SB 1619, in conjunction with SB 1523 (Sher),  
          would establish a program to recover, reuse, and recycle  
          cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and CRT devices, as defined.  
                              Fiscal Impact (in thousands)  
          Major Provisions            2002-03            2003-04               
           2004-05              Fund  
          IWMB                             $80                  $160            
                  $160                Special*
          DTSC                              Minor and absorbable                
                                  Special*
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          *Cathode Ray Tube Recycling Account

          STAFF COMMENTS: This bill meets the criteria for referral to  
          the Suspense file.  Under SB 1619, the Integrated Waste  
          Management Board (IWMB) could use the funds in the Cathode  
          Ray Tube Recycling Account (Account), established in SB 1523  
          (Sher), for the same purposes listed in SB 1523 (Sher).   
          These include: (1) matching grant funds to local governments  
          to establish and maintain convenient and cost-effective  
          collection and processing of CRTs and CRT devices; (2)  
          providing annual recycling incentive payments to CRT  
          handlers; (3) providing grants to nonprofit organizations  
          that refurbish CRTs and CRT devices; (4) providing grants to  
          manufacturers to encourage consumers to return the devices;  
          (5) establishing a public information program; and (6)  
          funding the Department of Toxic Substances Control's  
          (DTSC's) enforcement activities and regulations.  IWMB  
          estimates that their costs would be approximately $160,000  
          (for one additional research analyst and $100,000 in  
          contract authority per year).

          SB 1619 would make Legislative findings and declarations,  
          and states the goals of the State regarding the diversion,  
          reuse, and recycling of CRTs and CRT devices.    

          SB 1619 would require that all CRTs and CRT devices, and  










          packaging containing those tubes or devices, include a clear  
          and conspicuous label of a size and format approved by the  
          Department of Toxic Substance Control that contains the  
          following:  (1) a warning statement approved by DTSC stating  
          that the CRT device contains one or more hazardous  
          materials, which may pose a threat to the environment and  
          public health when disposed of; (2) a list of the hazardous  
          materials; and (3) information on how to properly discard  
          CRTs.  DTSC notes that it has some regulations regarding  
          CRTs.  Establishing the label, as specified, would require  
          DTSC to adopt regulations.  While DTSC has already  
          established some regulations in this area, it would need  
          Legislative authority to develop regulations specific to  
          this program.  These costs would be minor and absorbable.  

          STAFF NOTES that SB 1619 is only effective if SB 1523  
          (Sher) becomes law.