BILL NUMBER: AB 1933	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gordon

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to amend Section 14596 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to beverage containers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1933, as introduced, Gordon. Beverage containers: enforcement.
    (1) The existing California Beverage Container Recycling and
Litter Reduction Act requires a distributor of specified beverage
containers to pay a redemption payment to the Department of Resource
Recycling and Recovery, for each beverage container, as defined, sold
or transferred, for deposit in the California Beverage Container
Recycling Fund. Existing law requires any person importing more than
a 100 pounds of aluminum, bimetal, or plastic beverage container
material, or more than 1,000 pounds of glass beverage container
material, into the state to report the material and provide an
opportunity for inspection and prohibits any person from falsifying
documents required pursuant to the act or the regulations adopted by
the department. A violation of the act is a crime.
   This bill would decrease the amount of materials for which a
person is required to report to the department to 25 pounds of
aluminum, bimetal, or plastic beverage container material, or more
than 250 pounds of glass beverage container material, and would
additionally require the person to provide the department with
certain documentation regarding those materials. Since a violation of
this requirement would be crime, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 14596 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   14596.  (a) Any person importing more than  100 
 25  pounds of aluminum, bimetal, or plastic beverage
container material, or more than  1,000   2
  50  pounds of glass beverage container material, into
the state, shall report the material to the department and provide
the department with  an   all of the following:
 
   (1) Documentation on the source of the material.  
   (2) Documentation on the destination of the material. 
    (3)     An  opportunity for
inspection, in accordance with the regulations adopted by the
department.
   (b) The department may impose civil penalties pursuant to Section
14591.1 or take disciplinary action pursuant to Section 14591.2 for a
violation of this section.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.