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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 744
          Author:   Gordon (D)
          Amended:  4/1/13 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE  :  9-0, 6/19/13
          AYES:  Hill, Gaines, Calderon, Corbett, Fuller, Hancock,  
            Jackson, Leno, Pavley

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  75-0, 5/9/13 (Consent) - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Recycling:  beverage containers

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill deletes the provisions that require the  
          establishment of reporting periods and calculations for  
          redemption rates for beverage containers, and deletes the  
          definition of redemption rate and makes other conforming  
          changes.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law, under the California Beverage  
          Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act (Act):

          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.
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          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 other  
             conforming changes. 

           Background
           
          The requirement for calculating both recycling and redemption  
          rates for aluminum, glass, plastic, and other container  
          materials has been in statute since 1986.  Unlike the recycling  
          rate, the redemption rate includes containers not covered under  
          the Act, and was used in the early years of the program as a  
          trigger for higher fees.  However, that trigger was removed in  
          SB 332 (Sher, Chapter 322, Statutes of 1999).  The remaining  
          recycling rate calculation is adequate to determine the numbers  
          and types of containers returned for recycling.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  6/28/13)

          Californians Against Waste

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  75-0, 5/9/13
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,  
            Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown,  
            Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway,  
            Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,  
            Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray,  
            Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Jones,  
            Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor,  
            Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi,  
            Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel  







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            Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone,  
            Ting, Torres, Wagner, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams,  
            Yamada, John A. Pérez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Donnelly, Holden, Logue, Waldron, Vacancy

          RM:d  7/1/13   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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