BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 1583
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1583 (Roger Hernández)
As Amended August 16, 2012
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |76-0 |(May 14, 2012) |SENATE: |38-0 |(August 21, |
| | | | | |2012) |
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Original Committee Reference: B.,P. & C.P.
SUMMARY : Prohibits junk dealers and recyclers from purchasing or
receiving bulk merchandise pallets marked with an indicia of
ownership from anyone except the indicated owner unless specified
information is provided, and allows junk dealers or recyclers to
accept a passport or a Matricula Consular, in combination with the
address from an additional form of identification, or a United
States-issued identification card number as one of the methods of
identification required for recordkeeping purposes and for payment
of nonferrous materials.
The Senate amendments :
1)Allow junk dealers or recyclers to accept a passport or a
Matricula Consular, in combination with the address from an
additional form of identification, or a United States-issued
identification card number as one of the methods of
identification required for recordkeeping purposes and for
payment of nonferrous materials.
2)Add language to avoid chaptering out issues with AB 1508
(Carter).
EXISTING LAW :
1)Authorizes junk dealers and recyclers to sell and purchase junk,
as defined, requires junk dealers and recyclers to maintain
written records of specified information, and prohibits payment
for nonferrous materials unless certain conditions are met.
2)Prohibits and makes it a crime for an unauthorized person, as
defined, to possess a merchandise pallet or for a person other
than its owner to obliterate the identification notice on a
pallet.
AB 1583
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3)Requires any person or entity purchasing plastic bulk
merchandise containers who is in the business of recycling,
shredding, or destruction of plastic bulk merchandise
containers, as defined, to obtain a proof of ownership record
and other identifying information from a person selling five or
more containers, and to retain the required record for a
specified time.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill prohibited junk dealers and
recyclers from purchasing or receiving bulk merchandise pallets
marked with an indicia of ownership from anyone except the
indicated owner, unless specified information is provided.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations Committee,
pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS : This bill was amended in the Senate and is consistent
with Assembly actions.
Analysis Prepared by : Angela Mapp / B.,P. & C.P. / (916)
319-3301 FN: 0005164