BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1329
Author: Brownley (D) and Chesbro (D), et al
Amended: 9/4/09 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant
SUBJECT : California Integrated Waste Management Board
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill delays the implementation of Chapter
21 of the Statutes of 2009, which abolished the California
Integrated Waste Management Board and transfers it
functions to a new department, until January 1, 2011.
ANALYSIS : Existing law creates the California Integrated
Waste Management Board (CIWMB) with specified powers and
duties.
Chapter 21 of the Statutes of 2009, which will go into
effect on January 1, 2010, abolishes the CIWMB and
transfers its duties and responsibilities to the Department
of Resources Recycling and Recovery, which Chapter 21 of
the Statutes of 2009 creates in the Natural Resources
Agency, under the direction of an executive officer known
as the Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
Chapter 21 of the Statutes of 2009 will authorize the
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director to accept on behalf of the department federal
grants, and will require the grants to be deposited in the
Special Deposit Fund, which is continuously appropriated.
Under existing law, the Department of Conservation
administers the California Beverage Container Recycling and
Litter Reduction Act.
Chapter 21 of the Statutes of 2009, will transfer those
duties to the Division of Recycling that Chapter 21 of the
Statutes of 2009 will establish within the newly created
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
Existing law establishes the Office of Education and the
Environment in the CIWMB.
Chapter 21 of the Statutes of 2009 will transfer the Office
of Education and the Environment to the California
Environmental Protection Agency.
This bill delays the operative date of the changes made by
Chapter 21 of the Statutes of 2009 to January 1, 2011.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
DLW:mw 9/11/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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