BILL NUMBER: AB 2730	CHAPTERED  08/01/08

	CHAPTER  251
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 1, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 1, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 10, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 15, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 10, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Leno

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2008

   An act to amend Section 14514.7 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to beverage containers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2730, Leno. Beverage containers: nonprofit convenience zone
recyclers.
   Under existing law, the California Beverage Container Recycling
and Litter Reduction Act, every beverage container sold or offered
for sale in this state is required to have a minimum refund value. A
distributor is required to pay a redemption payment for every
beverage container sold or offered for sale in the state to the
Department of Conservation and the department is required to deposit
those amounts in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund.
The money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the department
for the payment of refund values and processing fees, and, among
other things, for the payment of handling fees to supermarket sites,
nonprofit convenience zone recyclers, and rural region recyclers for
every beverage container redeemed by those entities.
   Existing law defines the term "convenience zone" for the purposes
of the act and requires every convenience zone to be served by at
least one certified recycling center. The Director of Conservation is
authorized to grant an exemption from these convenience zone
requirements based on specified factors. The act also defines the
term "nonprofit convenience zone recycler" as a recycling center that
meets certain requirements, including that the recycling center is
located within a convenience zone, but is not necessarily a
supermarket site.
   This bill would, in the alternative, require that a nonprofit
convenience zone recycler have operated in the same location for not
less than 5 years and be located within one mile of a supermarket
that is in a convenience zone that is exempt from the requirement
that there be a certified recycling center or location within every
convenience zone.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 14514.7 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   14514.7.  "Nonprofit convenience zone recycler" means a recycling
center that meets the criteria described in subdivision (a) or (b):
   (a) The recycling center is all of the following:
   (1) Operated by an organization established under Section 501(c)
or 501(d) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
   (2) Certified by the department pursuant to Section 14538.
   (3) Located within a convenience zone, but is not necessarily a
supermarket site.
   (b) The recycling center is all of the following:
   (1) Operated by an organization established under Section 501(c)
or 501(d) of Title 26 of the United States Code and has operated in
the same location for a period of not less than five years.
   (2) Certified by the department pursuant to Section 14538.
   (3) Located within one mile of a supermarket that is in
convenience zone that is exempt from the requirement of subdivision
(a) of Section 14571.