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          Date of Hearing:  April 15, 2013

                       ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
                                Wesley Chesbro, Chair
                     AB 744 (Gordon) - As Amended:  April 1, 2013
           
          SUBJECT  :  Recycling:  beverage containers

           SUMMARY  :  Repeals an obsolete calculation and reporting  
          requirement in the California Beverage Container and Litter  
          Reduction Act (Bottle Bill).  

           EXISTING LAW  : 

          1)Requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery  
            (CalRecycle) to establish reporting periods of six months each  
            for redemption rates and recycling rates for specified types  
            of beverage containers.  

          2)Requires CalRecycle to determine the redemption rates and  
            recycling rates for those beverage containers for each  
            reporting period and to issue a report on those  
            determinations.

           THIS BILL  : 

          1)Deletes the provisions that require the establishment of  
            reporting periods and calculations for redemption rates for  
            beverage containers.  

          2)Deletes the definition of "redemption rate" and makes  
            conforming changes.
           
          FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown

           COMMENTS  :  This bill removes obsolete calculation and reporting  
          requirements.  

          The requirement for calculating both recycling and redemption  
          rates for aluminum, glass, plastic, and other container  
          materials has been in statute since 1986.  Recycling rates  
          measure containers subject to the Bottle Bill, and redemption  
          rates include containers that are not subject to the Bottle  
          Bill.  The redemption rate was used in the early years of the  
          program as a trigger for higher fees, but the trigger was  








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          removed in 1999.  The current recycling rate calculation is  
          adequate to determine the numbers and types of containers  
          returned for recycling.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          Californians Against Waste

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :  Elizabeth MacMillan / NAT. RES. / (916)  
          319-2092