BILL NUMBER: AB 921	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2011

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.   An act to add Article 6
(commencing with Section 510) to Chapter 3 of   Part 1 of
Division 1 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to
agriculture. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 921, as amended, Allen.  Solid waste: compost.
  Agriculture water use efficiency: compost
applications. 
   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   Department of Food and
Agriculture  , 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
  conjunction with the Department of Water Resources,
to, through their existing programs, oversee a study or studies
conducted by the University of California Extension Service, in
partnership with local water districts, farmers, growers, and compost
producers, to measure increases in water use efficiency through the
use of compost in agricultural settings, and   other
potential benefits from the use of compost, with regard to climate
change  .
   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 6 (commencing with Section 510)
is added to Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the   Food
and Agricultural Code   , to read:  

      Article 6.  Agriculture Water Efficiency with Compost Use and
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act of 2011


   510.  This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Agriculture Water Efficiency with Compost Use and Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Act of 2011.
   511.  The department, in conjunction with the Department of Water
Resources, shall, through their existing programs, oversee a study or
studies conducted by the University of California Extension Service,
in partnership with local water districts, farmers, growers, and
compost producers, to measure increases in water use efficiency
through the use of compost in agricultural settings, and other
potential benefits from the use of compost, with regard to climate
change.  
  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).