BILL NUMBER: AB 921	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Allen

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Article 3 (commencing with Section 42248) to Chapter
5 of Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, relating to
solid waste.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 921, as introduced, Allen. Solid waste: compost.
   The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 requires
the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to develop a
program to increase the use of compost products in agricultural
applications, including identifying federal, state, and local
financial assistance and cooperating with appropriate federal and
state agencies.
   This bill would enact the Agriculture Water Efficiency with
Compost Use and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act of 2011, which would
require the department, in consultation with the University of
California Extension Service, to measure and monitor any increase in
agricultural water efficiency resulting from the compost applications
made pursuant to the incentives adopted by the State Air Resources
Board pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of
2006.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Article 3 (commencing with Section 42248) is added to
Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to
read:

      Article 3.  Agriculture Water Efficiency with Compost Use and
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act of 2011


   42248.  This article shall be known, and may be cited as, the
Agriculture Water Efficiency with Compost Use and Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Act of 2011.
   42248.1.  The department, in consultation with the University of
California Extension Service, shall measure and monitor any increase
in agricultural water efficiency resulting from the compost
applications made pursuant to the incentives adopted by the State Air
Resources Board pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions
Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) the Health
and Safety Code).