BILL NUMBER: AB 2612	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Agriculture (Galgiani (Chair), Tom
Berryhill (Vice Chair), Conway, Ma, Mendoza, and Yamada)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Sections 19204, 19220, and 19312 of the Food and
Agricultural Code, relating to animals.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2612, as introduced, Committee on Agriculture. Slaughtered
animals: pet food.
   Existing law requires a person engaged in the business of
operating a collection center to obtain a license from the Department
of Food and Agriculture for each collection center operated.
"Collection center" is defined to mean a receiving area for the
temporary storage of animal carcasses, packinghouse waste, or other
products before transportation to a licensed rendering plant.
Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime.
   This bill, instead, would define "collection center" to mean a
receiving area for the temporary storage of animal carcasses,
packinghouse waste, or other products before transportation to a
licensed rendering plant or pet food processor. Because this bill
would change the definition of an existing crime, it would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   Existing law requires persons engaged in certain businesses,
including, among others, rendering, pet food processing, and
operating a collection center, to obtain a license from the
department. Existing law provides that those licenses are valid for a
year from the date of issuance.
   This bill, instead, would provide that those licenses shall expire
on December 31 of each year.
   Existing law requires any person or entity who engages in the
transportation of inedible kitchen grease, as defined, to be
registered with the department. An applicant for registration as a
transporter of inedible kitchen grease is required to include a
registration fee of $100, except for any renderer who registers.
   This bill would also exempt a collection center that registers
from this registration fee.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 19204 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   19204.  "Collection center" means a receiving area for the
temporary storage of animal carcasses, packinghouse waste  ,
 or other products before transportation to a licensed rendering
plant  or pet food processor  .
  SEC. 2.  Section 19220 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended
to read:
   19220.  A license  granted under this chapter  shall
 be valid for a year from the date of issuance  
expire on December 31 of each year  .
  SEC. 3.  Section 19312 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended
to read:
   19312.  (a) Registration shall be made with the department and
shall include all of the following:
   (1) The applicant's name and address.
   (2) A description of the operations to be performed by the
applicant.
   (3) The vehicles to be used in the transportation.
   (4) A registration fee of one hundred dollars ($100).
   (5) A list of the names of the drivers employed by the transporter
who transport inedible kitchen grease subject to this article and
their drivers' license numbers.
   (6) Any other information that may be required by the department.
   (b) Any renderer  who   or collection center
that  registers pursuant to this article is not required to pay
the fee prescribed in this section.
   (c) The department may refuse to issue an original or renewal
registration certificate to any applicant for which the grounds
specified in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 19314
exist.
   (d) (1) The applicant may appeal the decision of the department to
refuse to register the applicant.
   (2) The department shall establish procedures for the appeals
process, to include a noticed hearing.
   (3) The department may reverse a decision to refuse to register
the applicant, upon a finding of good cause to do so.
  SEC. 4.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.