BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 531
Author: DeSaulnier (D)
Amended: 4/29/09
Vote: 21
SENATE ENV. QUALITY COMMITTEE : 5-2, 4/27/09
AYES: Simitian, Corbett, Hancock, Lowenthal, Pavley
NOES: Runner, Ashburn
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 8-3, 5/18/09
AYES: Kehoe, Cox, Corbett, DeSaulnier, Hancock, Leno,
Wolk, Yee
NOES: Denham, Runner, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza, Walters
SUBJECT : Solid waste: at-store recycling program
SOURCE : Californians for Extended Product
Responsibility
DIGEST : This bill requires manufacturers of plastic
carryout bags to develop specified educational materials to
encourage the reduced use or recycling of those bags. The
California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) may
modify the educational materials and requires CIWMB to
approve the educational materials by January 2012.
ANALYSIS : Existing law, under the At-Store Recycling
Program Law, requires a plastic carryout bag manufacturer
to develop educational materials to encourage reducing,
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reusing, and recycling of plastic bags and requires those
materials to be made available to stores required to comply
with the Law.
This bill revises the Law's education requirements to:
1. Require the manufacturer, in developing educational
materials for use on and after July 1, 2011, to consult
with certain entities. The materials may be modified by
CIWMB, and must be approved by CIWMB by January 1, 2012.
2. Require the educational materials to include, but not be
limited to, certain information (e.g., use of reusable
bags, limits on the need for use of carryout bags,
maximum item count and weight capacity of carryout bags
and reusable bags, Internet website with online training
program, materials and resources to stores for education
of consumers at point of sale).
Comments
AB 2449 (Levine), Chapter 845, Statutes of 2006, requires a
store operator to establish an at-store recycling program
that provides an opportunity for a customer to return
plastic carryout bags; requires a specified notice on the
bags; requires a bin at the store for collecting bags;
requires the bags to be collected, transported, and
recycled in a manner that does not conflict with the local
source reduction and recycling element; requires certain
records; requires the reusable bags to be made available
within the store for purchase; requires plastic carryout
bag manufacturers to develop educational materials on
certain matters; and authorizes a city, county, or the
state to impose specified penalties for violations of the
Law.
This bill is sponsored by Californians for Extended Product
Responsibility. Due to concern over the lack of
specificity for the manufacturer education program required
under current law, this bill provides for involvement of
certain entities in developing an education program for use
on and after
July 1, 2011, and describes information that must be
included in that program.
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FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2009-10 2010-11
2011-12 Fund
CIWMB consultation $45
$45Special*
and review
* Integrated Waste Management Account
The estimated cost to CIWMB to review the materials and
make necessary changes will take approximately $90,000 over
one calendar year.
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/19/09)
Californians for Extended Product Responsibility (source)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, AFL-CIO
California Film Extruders and Converters Association
TSM:mw 5/20/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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