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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                           1249 (Galgiani)
          
          Hearing Date:  8/17/2009        Amended: 6/17/2009
          Consultant:  Bob Franzoia       Policy Vote: Food & Ag 5-0
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          BILL SUMMARY: AB 1249 would extend from January 1, 2011 to  
          January 1, 2016 an authorization that the Department of Food and  
          Agriculture assess a fee on transporters of inedible kitchen  
          grease for the purposes of administering provisions regulating  
          these transporters.  A violation of these provisions is a crime  
          and requires the funds collected to be deposited into the  
          continuously appropriated Food and Agriculture Fund.  By  
          extending the operation of these provisions of law requiring  
          collection and deposit of funds into a continuously appropriated  
          fund, this bill would make an appropriation.  In addition, this  
          bill would make inapplicable a prohibition on the transporting  
          of a dead animal to any place, other than to certain facilities  
          or destinations, when a wavier is granted by the State  
          Veterinarian during a state of emergency.  This bill would  
          authorize the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to issue a  
          master or individual permit to a licensed renderer, collection  
          center or dead animal hauler for the purpose of authorizing  
          transport to a permitted landfill.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2009-10      2010-11       2011-12     Fund
           Sunset extension                  
            - program costs      $120       $240        $240      Special*

            - revenue            $138       $275        $275      Special*
          * Food and Agriculture Fund (based on 2008-09 data)
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          STAFF COMMENTS: 
          
          Food and Agriculture Code 19216 defines inedible kitchen grease  
          to mean any fat or used cooking greases and oils obtained from  
          any source.











          Currently, a fee of $300 per year per vehicle that is operated  
          to transport kitchen grease, and not to exceed $3,000 per year  
          per registered transporter, is charged.  (Any rendered who  
          operates vehicles to transport inedible kitchen grease shall  
          register as a transporter of inedible kitchen grease and pay a  
          registration fee of $100.)  Persons who transport inedible  
          kitchen grease for his or her personal, noncommercial use are  
          exempt from 75 percent of the fees charged.