Amended in Assembly April 23, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 513


Introduced by Assembly Member Frazier

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(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Chesbro and Gordon)

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Garcia, Skinner, and Stone)

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February 20, 2013


An act to add Section 42872.1 to the Public Resources Code, relating to tire recycling.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 513, as amended, Frazier. Tire recycling program: rubberized asphalt.

The California Tire Recycling Act (act) requires a person who purchases a new tire to pay a California tire fee, for deposit in the California Tire Recycling Management Fund, for expenditure by the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to pay the costs of operating the tire recycling program. The act provides that the tire recycling program may include the awarding of grants, loans, subsidies, and rebates and the payment of incentives for various purposes related to reducing landfill disposal of used whole tires and tire recycling.

This bill would establish the Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Market Development Act and would require the department, in accordance with the tire recycling program, to award grantsbegin delete to cities, counties, and other local government agencies for the funding of public worksend deletebegin insert for certain public agencyend insert projects that utilize rubberized asphalt concrete. The bill would require the department to annually expend $10,000,000 from the moneys authorized to be expended for the tire recycling program, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to award these grants. The bill would require the grants to pay $2 for every 12 pounds of crumb rubber used in a paving project by abegin delete local governmentend deletebegin insert publicend insert agency. The bill would specify selection procedures if the grant requests exceed the money allocated.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 42872.1 is added to the Public Resources
2Code
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42872.1.  

(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited,
4as the Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Market Development Act.

5(b) In accordance with the tire recycling program authorized by
6Section 42872, the department shall award grantsbegin delete toend deletebegin insert in the
7following manner:end insert

8begin insert(1)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertToend insert cities, counties, and other localbegin delete governmentend deletebegin insert governmentalend insert
9 agencies for the funding of public works projects that utilize
10rubberized asphalt concrete.

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11(2) To state and local governmental agencies, including regional
12park districts, for the funding of disability access projects at parks,
13and Class I bikeways as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 890.4,
14relative to projects that utilize rubberized asphalt concrete.

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15(c) The department shall annually expend ten million dollars
16($10,000,000) from the moneys authorized to be expended for the
17tire recycling program, as specified inbegin delete subdivision (c) ofend delete Section
1842889, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to award grants
19pursuant to subdivision (b).

20(d) A grant offered pursuant to subdivision (b) shall pay two
21dollars ($2) for every 12 pounds of crumb rubber used in a paving
22project by abegin insert state orend insert localbegin delete governmentend deletebegin insert governmentalend insert agencybegin insert, or a
23regional park districtend insert
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24(e) If the requests for grants under the program established
25pursuant to subdivision (b) exceed the money allocated pursuant
26to subdivision (c), the department shall select randomly from all
27eligible applicantsbegin delete, with a preference for local agencies that have
28received less money in previous grant cyclesend delete
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