BILL NUMBER: AB 1019	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member John A. Pérez

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act  to amend Section 42982 of the Public Resources
Code,   relating to solid waste  , and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1019, as amended, John A. Pérez. Solid waste: carpet
stewardship. 
   Existing law establishes a carpet stewardship program,
administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery,
that requires a carpet manufacturer or a carpet stewardship
organization to adopt a plan for the purpose of increasing the amount
of postconsumer carpet that is diverted from landfills and recycled
into secondary products or managed in a manner that is consistent
with the state's hierarchy for waste management practice. Under the
plan, an assessment is to be imposed on the carpet sold in the state
for the purposes of funding the implementation of the plan. 

   Proposition 26, approved by the voters by initiative on November
2, 2010, amends Article XIII A of the California Constitution to
provide that certain levies, charges, or exactions imposed by the
state and adopted after January 1, 2010, but before November 3, 2010,
is void 12 months after the November 3, 2010, effective date of
Proposition 26 unless it is reenacted in compliance with the
requirements of Article XIII A of the California Constitution. 

   This bill would reenact the state law that enacted the carpet
stewardship program and would provide that law continues to be
operative on and after November 3, 2011.  
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.  
   Existing law requires the Department of General Services, to the
extent feasible and within existing resources, to take appropriate
steps to ensure that postconsumer carpet removed from state buildings
is managed in a manner that diverts the carpet from landfills and
recycles it into secondary products or manages it in a manner
consistent with the state's hierarchy for waste management practices.
 
   This bill would require the department to take those steps by
January 1, 2014. The bill would define "state buildings" to include
buildings owned or leased by the state. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Chapter 20 (commencing with Section
42970) of Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code is
hereby reenacted and shall continue to be operative on and after
November 3, 2011. 
   SEC. 2.    This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
 
   To ensure the continued operation of the carpet stewardship
program for the preservation of public health and the environment, it
is necessary for this measure to take effect immediately. 

  SECTION 1.    Section 42982 of the Public
Resources Code is amended to read:
   42982.  (a) On or before January 1, 2014, the Department of
General Services shall, to the extent feasible and within existing
resources, take appropriate steps, including, but not limited to,
revising relevant procurement rules, to ensure that postconsumer
carpet that is removed from state buildings is managed in a manner
consistent with the purpose of this chapter.
   (b) For the purposes of this section, "state buildings" includes
buildings owned or leased by the state.