BILL ANALYSIS SB 579 Page 1 Date of Hearing: August 4, 2010 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Felipe Fuentes, Chair SB 579 (Lowenthal) - As Amended: April 8, 2010 Policy Committee: Natural ResourcesVote:7-0 Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: No SUMMARY This bill makes technical and clean-up amendments to the California Oil Recycling Enhancement Act. Specifically, the bill deletes reference to the Integrated Waste Management Board (IWMB) and replaces it with reference the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (Calrecycle). It also corrects a one-word typographical error-changing "protecting" to "product." FISCAL EFFECT No state costs. COMMENTS 1)Rationale . The author describes this bill as necessary to correct minor but consequential drafting errors in a bill signed into law in 2009. The author's office states the bill is not a spot bill to be significantly amended at a later date. 2)Background . SB 63 (Strickland), Chapter 21, Statutes of 2009, abolished the IWMB and transferred all of its duties and responsibilities to DRRR, which was created within the Natural Resources Agency, under the direction of an executive officer appointed by the Governor. Analysis Prepared by : Jay Dickenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081