BILL NUMBER: AB 1149	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Gordon and Wieckowski

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Sections 14549.2 and 14581 of the Public Resources
Code, relating to beverage containers, and making an appropriation
therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1149, as amended, Gordon. Beverage containers: recycling and
litter reduction: funds.
   Existing law, the California Beverage Container Recycling and
Litter Reduction Act, requires a distributor to pay a redemption
payment for every beverage container sold or offered for sale in the
state to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery for
deposit in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. After
setting aside funds for the payment of refund values and
administrative fees, and for a reserve for contingencies, the
remaining moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the
department for expenditure for designated programs, grants, and fee
payments, including annually expending up to $10,000,000 to make
market development payments for empty plastic beverage containers,
until January 1, 2012.  The department is authorized to expend up
to $20,000,000 annually, until January 1, 2012, for recycling market
development grants and up to $20,000,000   annually, until
January 1, 2012, for certain grants and programs, but is prohibited
from expending those funds for the 2010 and 2011 calendar years. The
department is also required to publish an evaluation of those grants
by January 1, 2014.  Existing law requires the department to
determine the amount of the market development payment, but not more
than a specified amount per ton.  The department is required to
establish a processing fee account for each material type and to
deposit in the account, besides the processing fees paid for that
material type, a specified amount of the remaining moneys in the
fund. 
   The bill would require the department, in setting the amount of
the market development payments for both certified entities and
product manufacturers, to consider certain factors and would extend
the authorization  to annually expend up to $10,000,000  to
make these payments until January 1, 2017, thereby making an
appropriation. 
   The bill would authorize the department to expend from the
remaining moneys in the fund, until January 1, 2017, an amount for
market development payments for empty plastic beverage containers, in
addition to the existing authorization. The bill would require the
department to calculate this additional amount, in a specified
manner, based upon the amount of the remaining moneys in the fund
estimated to be necessary for deposit in the processing fee account
for plastic beverage containers.  
   The bill would delete the authorization to expend funds for
recycling market development grants and for those other grants and
programs and would repeal the requirement for the publication of the
grant evaluation. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 14549.2 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   14549.2.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following
definitions shall apply:
   (1) "Certified entity" means a recycling center, processor, or
dropoff or collection program certified pursuant to this division.
   (2) "Product manufacturer" means any person who manufactures a
plastic product in this state.
   (b) In order to develop California markets for empty plastic
beverage containers collected for recycling in the state, the
department may, consistent with Section 14581 and subject to the
availability of funds, pay a market development payment to a
certified entity or product manufacturer for empty plastic beverage
containers collected and managed pursuant to this section.
   (c) The department shall make a market development payment to a
certified entity or product manufacturer in accordance with this
section, only if the plastic beverage container is collected and
either recycled or used in manufacturing, in the state, as follows:
   (1) The department shall make a market development payment to a
certified entity for empty plastic beverage containers that are
collected for recycling in the state, that are subsequently washed
and processed by a certified entity into a flake, pellet, or other
form in the state, and made usable for the manufacture of a plastic
product by a product manufacturer.
   (2) The department shall make a market development payment to a
product manufacturer for empty plastic beverage containers that are
collected for recycling in the state, that are subsequently washed
and processed into a flake, pellet or other form in the state, and
used by that product manufacturer to manufacture a product in this
state.
   (3) The department shall determine the amount of the market
development payment, which may be set at a different level for a
certified entity and a product manufacturer, but shall not exceed one
hundred fifty dollars ($150) per ton. In setting the amount of the
market development payment for both certified entities and product
manufacturers, the department shall consider all of the following:
   (A) The minimum funding level needed to encourage the in-state
washing and processing of empty plastic beverage containers collected
for recycling in this state.
    (B) The minimum funding level needed to encourage the in-state
manufacturing that utilizes empty plastic beverage containers
collected for recycling in this state.
    (C) The total amount of funds projected to be available for
plastic market development payments and the desire to maintain the
minimum funding level needed throughout the year.
   (4) The department may make a market development payment to both a
certified entity and a product manufacturer for the same empty
plastic beverage container.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  Section 14581 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   14581.  (a) Subject to the availability of funds and in accordance
with subdivision (c), the department shall expend the moneys set
aside in the fund, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 14580, for
the purposes of this section in the following manner:
   (1) For each fiscal year, the department may expend the amount
necessary to make the required handling fee payment pursuant to
Section 14585.
   (2) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be expended
annually for payments for curbside programs and neighborhood dropoff
programs pursuant to Section 14549.6.
   (3) (A) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), plus the
proportional share of the cost-of-living adjustment, as provided in
subdivision (b), shall be expended annually in the form of grants for
beverage container litter reduction programs and recycling programs
issued to either of the following:
   (i) Certified community conservation corps that were in existence
on September 30, 1999, or that are formed subsequent to that date,
that are designated by a city or a city and county to perform litter
abatement, recycling, and related activities, if the city or the city
and county has a population, as determined by the most recent
census, of more than 250,000 persons.
   (ii) Community conservation corps that are designated by a county
to perform litter abatement, recycling, and related activities, and
are certified by the California Conservation Corps as having operated
for a minimum of two years and as meeting all other criteria of
Section 14507.5.
   (B) The grants provided pursuant to this paragraph shall not
comprise more than 75 percent of the annual budget of a community
conservation corps.
   (C) For the 2009-10 fiscal year only, the eight million two
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($8,250,000) appropriated to the
California Conservation Corps for certified local conservation corps
by Item 3340-101-0133 of Sec. 2.00 of the 2009-10 Budget Act, as
added by Section 166 of Chapter 1 of the Fourth Extraordinary Session
of the Statutes of 2009, shall be in addition to the amounts
expended pursuant to this paragraph.
   (4) (A) Ten million five hundred thousand dollars ($10,500,000)
may be expended annually for payments of five thousand dollars
($5,000) to cities and ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for payments to
counties for beverage container recycling and litter cleanup
activities, or the department may calculate the payments to counties
and cities on a per capita basis, and may pay whichever amount is
greater, for those activities.
   (B) Eligible activities for the use of these funds may include,
but are not necessarily limited to, support for new or existing
curbside recycling programs, neighborhood dropoff recycling programs,
public education promoting beverage container recycling, litter
prevention, and cleanup, cooperative regional efforts among two or
more cities or counties, or both, or other beverage container
recycling programs.
   (C) These funds shall not be used for activities unrelated to
beverage container recycling or litter reduction.
   (D) To receive these funds, a city, county, or city and county
shall fill out and return a funding request form to the department.
The form shall specify the beverage container recycling or litter
reduction activities for which the funds will be used.
   (E) The department shall annually prepare and distribute a funding
request form to each city, county, or city and county. The form
shall specify the amount of beverage container recycling and litter
cleanup funds for which the jurisdiction is eligible. The form shall
not exceed one double-sided page in length, and may be submitted
electronically. If a city, county, or city and county does not return
the funding request form within 90 days of receipt of the form from
the department, the city, county, or city and county is not eligible
to receive the funds for that funding cycle.
   (F) For the purposes of this paragraph, per capita population
shall be based on the population of the incorporated area of a city
or city and county and the unincorporated area of a county. The
department may withhold payment to any city, county, or city and
county that has prohibited the siting of a supermarket site, caused a
supermarket site to close its business, or adopted a land use policy
that restricts or prohibits the siting of a supermarket site within
its jurisdiction.
   (5) (A) One million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) may
be expended annually in the form of grants for beverage container
recycling and litter reduction programs.
   (B) Notwithstanding subdivision (f), the department shall not
expend funds pursuant to this paragraph for the 2010 and 2011
calendar years.
   (6) (A) The department shall expend the amount necessary to pay
the processing payment established pursuant to Section 14575. The
department shall establish separate processing fee accounts in the
fund for each beverage container material type for which a processing
payment and processing fee are calculated pursuant to Section 14575,
or for which a processing payment is calculated pursuant to Section
14575 and a voluntary artificial scrap value is calculated pursuant
to Section 14575.1, into which account shall be deposited both of the
following:
   (i) All amounts paid as processing fees for each beverage
container material type pursuant to Section 14575.
   (ii) Funds equal to the difference between the amount in clause
(i) and the amount of the processing payments established in
subdivision (b) of Section 14575, and adjusted pursuant to paragraph
(2) of subdivision (c) of, and subdivision (f) of, Section 14575, to
reduce the processing fee to the level provided in subdivision (e) of
Section 14575, or to reflect the agreement by a willing purchaser to
pay a voluntary artificial scrap value pursuant to Section 14575.1.
   (B) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the
moneys in each processing fee account are hereby continuously
appropriated to the department for expenditure without regard to
fiscal years, for purposes of making processing payments pursuant to
Section 14575.
   (C) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section and
Section 14575, for the 2010 and 2011 calendar years, the total amount
that the department may expend to reduce the amount of processing
fees for each container type shall not exceed the total amount
expended to reduce processing fees in the 2008 calendar year.
   (7) (A) Up to five million dollars ($5,000,000) may be annually
expended by the department for the purposes of undertaking a
statewide public education and information campaign aimed at
promoting increased recycling of beverage containers.
   (B) Notwithstanding subdivision (f), the department shall not
expend funds pursuant to this paragraph for the 2010 and 2011
calendar years.
   (8) Up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) may be expended
annually by the department for quality incentive payments for empty
glass beverage containers pursuant to Section 14549.1. 
   (9) Up to twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) may be expended
annually by the department, until January 1, 2012, to issue grants
for recycling market development and expansion-related activities
aimed at increasing the recycling of beverage containers.
Notwithstanding subdivision (f), the department shall not expend any
funds pursuant to this paragraph for the 2010 and 2011 calendar
years. The activities that may be funded include, but are not limited
to, the following:  
   (A) Research and development of collecting, sorting, processing,
cleaning, or otherwise upgrading the market value of recycled
beverage containers.  
   (B) Identification, development, and expansion of markets for
recycled beverage containers.  
   (C) Research and development for products manufactured using
recycled beverage containers.  
   (D) Research and development to provide high-quality materials
that are substantially free of contamination.  
   (E) Payments to California manufacturers who recycle beverage
containers that are marked by resin type identification code "3," "4,"
"5," "6," or "7," pursuant to Section 18015.  
   (10) 
    (9)     (A)    Up to ten
million dollars ($10,000,000) may be expended annually by the
department for market development payments for empty plastic beverage
containers pursuant to Section 14549.2, until January 1, 2017.

   (11) (A) Up to twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) may be
expended from July 1, 2009, to January 1, 2012, inclusive, for either
of the following:  
   (i) Grants for beverage container recycling and litter reduction
programs that emphasize the greatest and most effective collection of
beverage containers per dollar spent to ensure the program's
performance and accountability.  
   (ii) Focused, regional community beverage container recycling and
litter reduction programs that enable the department to more
effectively organize the amount and type of resources needed for
regional and statewide efforts to increase recycling. 

   (B) The department shall require, as a condition of receiving
grant funds pursuant to subparagraph (A), each grant recipient to
submit a final report including, but not limited to, the grant
recipient's reported volumes of beverage containers recycled, where
applicable.  
   (C) On or before July 1, 2014, the department shall publish an
evaluation of all grants made pursuant to subparagraph (A). At a
minimum, the evaluation shall summarize each final report submitted
by each grantee pursuant to subparagraph (B) and assess whether the
grantee adequately met the scope and objectives outlined in the grant
agreement.  
   (D) Notwithstanding subdivision (f), the department shall not
expend funds pursuant to this paragraph for the 2010 and 2011
calendar years.  
   (B) On and after January 1, 2012, in addition to the amount
specified in subparagraph (A), the department may expend the amount
calculated pursuant to subparagraph (C) for market development
payments for empty plastic beverage containers pursuant to Section
14549.2.  
   (C) The department shall calculate the amount authorized for
expenditure pursuant to subparagraph (B) in the following manner:
 
   (i) The department shall determine, on or before January 1, 2012,
and annually thereafter, whether the amount of funds estimated to be
necessary pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph
(6) for deposit to a processing fee account established by the
department for plastic beverage containers to make processing
payments for plastic beverage containers for the current calendar
year is less than the total amount of funds that were estimated to be
necessary the previous calendar year pursuant to clause (ii) of
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (6) for deposit to that processing fee
account.  
   (ii) If the amount estimated to be necessary for the current
calendar year, as specified in clause (i), is less than the amount
estimated to be necessary for the previous calendar year, the
department shall calculate the amount of that difference.  
   (iii) The department shall expend an amount that is not greater
than 50 percent of the amount calculated pursuant to clause (ii) for
purposes of subparagraph (B).  
   (iv) If the department determines that the amount of funds
authorized for expenditure pursuant to this subparagraph is not
needed to make plastic market development payments pursuant to
subparagraph (B) in the calendar year for which that amount is
allocated, the department may expend those funds during the following
year.  
   (v) If the department determines that there are insufficient funds
to both make the market development payments pursuant to
subparagraph (B) and to deposit the amount required by clause (ii) of
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (6), for purposes of making the
processing payments and reducing the processing fees pursuant to
Section 14575 for plastic beverage containers, the department shall
suspend the implementation of this subparagraph and subparagraph (B).
 
   (D) Subparagraphs (B) and (C) shall remain operative only until
January 1, 2017. 
   (b) The fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) that is set aside
pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) is a base amount that
the department shall adjust annually to reflect any increases or
decreases in the cost of living, as measured by the Department of
Labor, or a successor agency, of the federal government.
   (c) (1) If the department determines, pursuant to a review made
pursuant to Section 14556, that there may be inadequate funds to pay
the payments required by this division, the department shall
immediately notify the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of
the Legislature regarding the inadequacy.
   (2) On or before 180 days, but not less than 80 days, after the
notice is sent pursuant to paragraph (1), the department may reduce
or eliminate expenditures, or both, from the funds as necessary,
according to the procedure set forth in subdivision (d).
   (d) If the department determines that there are insufficient funds
to make the payments specified pursuant to this section and Section
14575, the department shall reduce all payments proportionally.
   (e) Prior to making an expenditure pursuant to paragraph (7) of
subdivision (a), the department shall convene an advisory committee
consisting of representatives of the beverage industry, beverage
container manufacturers, environmental organizations, the recycling
industry, nonprofit organizations, and retailers to advise the
department on the most cost-effective and efficient method of the
expenditure of the funds for that education and information campaign.

   (f) Subject to the availability of funds, the department shall
retroactively pay in full any payments provided in this section that
have been proportionally reduced during the period of January 1,
2010, through June 30, 2010.