BILL NUMBER: AB 1359 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 24, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 4, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Skinner
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act to amend Sections 14528.1, 14539, 14549.5, 14550,
14551, 14560.5, 14573.51, 14575, 14575.1, 14585.5, 19510, and 19511
of, and to repeal Sections 14523.5 and 19512 of, the Public Resources
Code, relating to solid waste Section 18914 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services
.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1359, as amended, Skinner. Solid waste: beverage
containers: fiberglass. Public social services:
CalFresh.
Existing law requires a county welfare department, to the extent
provided by federal law, to provide CalFresh benefits on an expedited
basis to certain households.
This bill would revise these provisions to require that, in
accordance with, and to the extent provided by, federal law, the
county human services agency provide CalFresh benefits on an
expedited basis to certain households.
(1) Existing law, the California Beverage Container Recycling and
Litter Reduction Act, requires the Department of Resources Recycling
and Recovery to establish reporting periods of 6 months each for
redemption rates and recycling rates for specified types of beverage
containers. The act also requires the department to determine the
redemption rates and recycling rates for those beverage containers
for each reporting period and to issue a report on those
determinations. The act defines various words for purposes of those
provisions, including "redemption rate."
This bill would delete the provisions that require the department
to establish reporting periods for redemption rates and that require
the department to determine redemption rates for specified types of
beverage containers. The bill also would delete the definition of
"redemption rate" and make other conforming changes.
(2) Existing law requires the department to calculate a processing
fee and a processing payment for each beverage container with a
specified scrap value. The processing fees are required to be paid by
beverage manufacturers to the department and are deposited in the
California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. Existing law requires a
beverage manufacturer to pay the department the applicable
processing fee for each container sold or transferred to a
distributor or dealer within 40 days of the sale, but allows a
beverage manufacturer that displays a pattern of operation in
compliance with the act, to the satisfaction of the department, to
make a single annual payment of processing fees, if the beverage
manufacturer meets certain conditions.
This bill would delete the requirement that a beverage
manufacturer meet certain of those conditions to be eligible to make
a single annual payment of processing fees.
The bill would also correct references and delete obsolete
provisions in the act.
(3) Existing law requires a fiberglass manufacturer to ensure that
the annual tonnage of fiberglass manufactured or sold in the state
by that manufacturer contain at least 30% cullet, unless the
department makes a specified determination.
This bill would make technical changes regarding this requirement
and would delete obsolete provisions regarding that determination.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes
no . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 18914 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code , as amended by Section
88 of Chapter 227 of the Statutes of 2011, is amended to read:
18914. (a) To In accordance with, and to
the extent provided by , federal law, the county
welfare department human services agency
shall provide CalFresh benefits on an expedited basis as
provided in subdivision (b) to households determined to be in
immediate need of food assistance.
(b) At the time an applicant initially seeks assistance,
Pursuant to the federal requirements of Section 273.2
(i)(2) of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the
county welfare department human services
agency shall screen all expedited service
CalFresh applications on a priority basis
for entitlement to expedited service .
Applicants who meet the federal criteria for expedited service as
defined in Section 273.2(i)(1) of Title 7 of the Code of Federal
Regulations shall receive either a manual authorization to
participate or automated card or the immediate issuance of CalFresh
benefits no later than the third day following the date the
application was filed. To the maximum extent permitted by federal
law, the amount of income to be received from any source shall be
deemed to be uncertain and exempt from consideration in the
determination of eligibility entitlement
for expedited service. For purposes of this subdivision, a weekend
shall be considered one calendar day.
(c) The State Department of Social Services shall develop and
implement for expedited issuance a uniform procedure for verifying
information required of an applicant. All matter omitted in this
version of the bill appears in the bill as amended in the Assembly,
January 4, 2012. (JR11)